Tallest: 3 · 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 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 50% |
| Without them | 39 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 48.7% |
| Divine Lunga | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Marshall Munetsi | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Samuel Kwame Owusu | Ghana | 3 |
| Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 2 |
| Ali Aboeshren | Sudan | 2 |
| Allan Okello | Uganda | 2 |
| Allen Njie | Liberia | 2 |
| Amadou Haidara | Mali | 2 |
| Amir Suliman | Sudan | 2 |
| André Ayew | Ghana | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Uganda | 2–0 | 49′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Zimbabwe | 3–1 | 76′ | — | Extended lead | 3–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Zimbabwe | 3–1 | 55′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Rwanda | 3–0 | started, off 35′ | 35 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Benin | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 21 Mar 2025 | v Lesotho | 0–3 | came on 66′ | 24 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–0 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Uganda | 2–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 1–1 | came on 69′ | 21 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 5–0 | came on 82′ | 8 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–2 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Uganda | 2–2 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Zimbabwe | 3–1 | came on 45′ | 45 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 26 Mar 2024 | v Algeria | 3–3 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | FIFA Series 2024 |
| 21 Mar 2024 | v Andorra | 1–1 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA Series 2024 |
| 10 Feb 2024 | v DR Congo | 0–0 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Third-place play-off |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v Cape Verde | 0–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 30 Jan 2024 | v Morocco | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | v Tunisia | 0–0 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2024 | v Namibia | 4–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 16 Jan 2024 | v Mali | 0–2 | came on 87′ | 3 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 6 Sep 2021 | v Ghana | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 3 Sep 2021 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 28 Mar 2021 | v Sudan | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 25 Mar 2021 | v Ghana | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 16 Nov 2020 | v São Tomé and Príncipe | 4–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2020 |
| 13 Nov 2020 | v São Tomé and Príncipe | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2020 |
| 17 Nov 2019 | v Sudan | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
| 14 Nov 2019 | v Ghana | 0–2 | came on 29′ | 61 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
| 13 Oct 2019 | v Mali | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | 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.