Tallest: 2 · 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 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 40% |
| Without them | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 50% |
| Aarón Alburquerque | Andorra | 1 |
| Adri da Cunha | Andorra | 1 |
| Ahmed Pipino | Tanzania | 1 |
| Alexandre Martínez | Andorra | 1 |
| Allan Okello | Uganda | 1 |
| Alphonce Msanga | Tanzania | 1 |
| Atir Magor | South Sudan | 1 |
| Aziz Kayondo | Uganda | 1 |
| Benjamin Laku | South Sudan | 1 |
| Bevis Mugabi | Uganda | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 19 Nov 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–0 | 22′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Uganda | 2–0 | 89′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 6 Jun 2025 | v Tanzania | 0–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Friendly |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Uganda | 2–0 | came on 71′ | 19 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 1–1 | came on 40′ | 50 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 21 Mar 2024 | v Andorra | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA Series 2024 |
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.