Tallest: 6 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 5 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 50 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 96 | 55 | 50% |
| Without them | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 65.5% |
| Abdallah Nasib | Jordan | 3 |
| Ali Jasim | Iraq | 3 |
| Amir Al-Ammari | Iraq | 3 |
| Ehsan Haddad | Jordan | 3 |
| Hussein Ali | Iraq | 3 |
| Ibrahim Bayesh | Iraq | 3 |
| Ibrahim Sadeh | Jordan | 3 |
| Jalal Hassan | Iraq | 3 |
| Jesús Gallardo | Mexico | 3 |
| Jorge Sánchez | Mexico | 3 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 10 Jun 2025 | v Kuwait | 4–0 | 51′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v China PR | 1–0 | 61′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Jun 2024 | v Singapore | 7–0 | 54′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Jun 2024 | v Singapore | 7–0 | 9′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 25 Jan 2024 | v Malaysia | 3–3 | 83′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 15 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | 68′ | — | Extended lead | 3–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 15 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | 56′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Singapore | 5–0 | 85′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 17 Oct 2023 | v Vietnam | 6–0 | 70′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Tunisia | 4–0 | 57′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Tunisia | 4–0 | 55′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 24 Jun 2026 | v South Africa | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2026 | v Mexico | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 11 Jun 2026 | v Czech Republic | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 2026 | v El Salvador | 1–0 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v Austria | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2026 | v Ivory Coast | 0–4 | came on 58′ | 32 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2025 | v Ghana | 1–0 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 2–0 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Paraguay | 2–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Brazil | 0–5 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | Friendly |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Mexico | 2–2 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Sep 2025 | v United States | 2–0 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Jun 2025 | v Kuwait | 4–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 5 Jun 2025 | v Iraq | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Oman | 1–1 | came on 38′ | 52 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v Palestine | 1–1 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 14 Nov 2024 | v Kuwait | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Iraq | 3–2 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | v Jordan | 2–0 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v Oman | 3–1 | started, off 89′ | 89 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 5 Sep 2024 | v Palestine | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v China PR | 1–0 | started, off 78′ | 78 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Jun 2024 | v Singapore | 7–0 | started, off 57′ | 57 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 26 Mar 2024 | v Thailand | 3–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 21 Mar 2024 | v Thailand | 1–1 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Feb 2024 | v Jordan | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Semi-final |
| 2 Feb 2024 | v Australia | 2–1 | started, off 120′ | 120 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 30 Jan 2024 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | started | 120 | — | Yellow | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 25 Jan 2024 | v Malaysia | 3–3 | started | 90 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 20 Jan 2024 | v Jordan | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 15 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | started | 90 | 2 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 6 Jan 2024 | v Iraq | 1–0 | came on 45′ | 41 | — | Yellow, Second yellow | Friendly |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v China PR | 3–0 | started, off 83′ | 83 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Singapore | 5–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 17 Oct 2023 | v Vietnam | 6–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Tunisia | 4–0 | started, off 90′ | 90 | 2 | — | Friendly |
| 20 Jun 2023 | v El Salvador | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 Jun 2023 | v Peru | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Uruguay | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Colombia | 2–2 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | Friendly |
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.