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 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 38.7% |
| Without them | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 50% |
| Divine Lunga | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Gerald Takwara | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Munashe Garananga | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Tawanda Chirewa | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Tawanda Maswanhise | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Absalom Iimbondi | Namibia | 2 |
| Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 2 |
| Adalberto Carrasquilla | Panama | 2 |
| Ademola Lookman | Nigeria | 2 |
| Alex Iwobi | Nigeria | 2 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 15 Nov 2025 | v Zambia | 3–1 | 68′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | Friendly |
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 | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 11 Jun 2026 | v Mexico | 0–2 | started | 49 | — | Red | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 29 May 2026 | v Nicaragua | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–2 | came on 69′ | 21 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–1 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Dec 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 3–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 26 Dec 2025 | v Egypt | 0–1 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 15 Nov 2025 | v Zambia | 3–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–2 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Uganda | 2–2 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Zimbabwe | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 10 Feb 2024 | v DR Congo | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Third-place play-off |
| 7 Feb 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started | 120 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Semi-final |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v Cape Verde | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 30 Jan 2024 | v Morocco | 2–0 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | v Tunisia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2024 | v Namibia | 4–0 | started, off 70′ | 70 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 16 Jan 2024 | v Mali | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Rwanda | 0–2 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 18 Nov 2023 | v Benin | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 17 Oct 2023 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 9 Sep 2023 | v Namibia | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–1 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–2 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 27 Sep 2022 | v Botswana | 1–0 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Sep 2022 | v Sierra Leone | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 9 Jun 2022 | v Morocco | 1–2 | started, off 89′ | 89 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 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.