Tallest: 5 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 47 | 27 | 43.3% |
| Without them | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25% |
| Divine Lunga | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Gerald Takwara | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Munashe Garananga | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Tawanda Chirewa | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Tawanda Maswanhise | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Adalberto Carrasquilla | Panama | 2 |
| Ademola Lookman | Nigeria | 2 |
| Alex Iwobi | Nigeria | 2 |
| Allan Okello | Uganda | 2 |
| Ange Mutsinzi | Rwanda | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–1 | 48′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 29 Dec 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 3–2 | 82′ | pen | Winning goal | 3–2 | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | 21′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 15 Nov 2025 | v Zambia | 3–1 | 43′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Rwanda | 3–0 | 26′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 5 Sep 2025 | v Lesotho | 3–0 | 67′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–2 | 45′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–2 | 17′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
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 | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
| 24 Jun 2026 | v South Korea | 1–0 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2026 | v Czech Republic | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 11 Jun 2026 | v Mexico | 0–2 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | 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 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 4 Jan 2026 | v Cameroon | 1–2 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 3–2 | started | 90 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 26 Dec 2025 | v Egypt | 0–1 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | started, off 80′ | 80 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 15 Nov 2025 | v Zambia | 3–1 | started, off 45′ | 45 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Rwanda | 3–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 5 Sep 2025 | v Lesotho | 3–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Jun 2025 | v Mozambique | 2–0 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Jun 2025 | v Tanzania | 0–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Benin | 2–0 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Uganda | 2–0 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 1–1 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 5–0 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–2 | started, off 72′ | 72 | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Uganda | 2–2 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Zimbabwe | 3–1 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 26 Mar 2024 | v Algeria | 3–3 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | FIFA Series 2024 |
| 10 Feb 2024 | v DR Congo | 0–0 | came on 58′ | 32 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Third-place play-off |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Rwanda | 0–2 | came on 75′ | 15 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 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.