Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 50% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Aaron Katebe | Zambia | 1 |
| Abraham Siankombo | Zambia | 1 |
| Absalom Iimbondi | Namibia | 1 |
| Albert Kangwanda | Zambia | 1 |
| Alford Velaphi | Botswana | 1 |
| Ananias Gebhardt | Namibia | 1 |
| Andrew Phiri | Zambia | 1 |
| Aprocius Petrus | Namibia | 1 |
| Benedict Chepeshi | Zambia | 1 |
| Bethuel Muzeu | Namibia | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 8 Jul 2023 | v Botswana | 2–1 | 67′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | COSAFA Cup 2023 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 14 Jul 2023 | v Zambia | 1–2 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2023 |
| 11 Jul 2023 | v Eswatini | 2–1 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2023 |
| 8 Jul 2023 | v Botswana | 2–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | COSAFA Cup 2023 |
| 5 Jul 2023 | v Namibia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2023 |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.