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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 58.8% |
| Without them | 25 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 36% |
| Ademola Lookman | Nigeria | 2 |
| Alex Iwobi | Nigeria | 2 |
| Bill Antonio | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | Nigeria | 2 |
| Calvin Bassey | Nigeria | 2 |
| Christopher Ibayi | Congo | 2 |
| Divine Lunga | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Emmanuel Jalai | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Fisayo Dele-Bashiru | Nigeria | 2 |
| Fusi Matlabe | Lesotho | 2 |
| Congo | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 11 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 5–0 | 37′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 4 Jan 2026 | v Cameroon | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 3–2 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Rwanda | 3–0 | came on 89′ | 1 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 5 Sep 2025 | v Lesotho | 3–0 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | 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 82′ | 8 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Uganda | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 5–0 | started, off 67′ | 67 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | came on 88′ | 2 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v DR Congo | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 9 Sep 2023 | v Namibia | 0–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 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.