Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 46 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 72 | 42 | 47.8% |
| Abde Ezzalzouli | Morocco | 1 |
| Absalom Iimbondi | Namibia | 1 |
| Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 1 |
| Adalberto Carrasquilla | Panama | 1 |
| Adam Hlozek | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Ailton Yude Macuacua | Mozambique | 1 |
| Aïssa Laïdouni | Tunisia | 1 |
| Alexandr Sojka | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Ali Abdi | Tunisia | 1 |
| Aliou Dieng | Mali | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 24 Jun 2026 | v South Korea | 1–0 | 63′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2024 | v Namibia | 4–0 | 75′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 28 Jun 2026 | v Canada | 0–1 | started, off 86′ | 86 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
| 24 Jun 2026 | v South Korea | 1–0 | started, off 75′ | 75 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2026 | v Czech Republic | 1–1 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 29 May 2026 | v Nicaragua | 0–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–2 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | Friendly |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v Cape Verde | 0–0 | came on 63′ | 57 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 30 Jan 2024 | v Morocco | 2–0 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | v Tunisia | 0–0 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2024 | v Namibia | 4–0 | came on 70′ | 20 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 16 Jan 2024 | v Mali | 0–2 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 15 Jul 2022 | v Madagascar | 2–1 | started, off 57′ | 57 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2022 |
| 13 Jul 2022 | v Mozambique | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2022 |
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.