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 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 50% |
| Adalberto Carrasquilla | Panama | 2 |
| Aníbal Godoy | Panama | 2 |
| Bill Antonio | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Carlos Harvey | Panama | 2 |
| Cecilio Waterman | Panama | 2 |
| César Blackman | Panama | 2 |
| Cristian Martínez | Panama | 2 |
| Divine Lunga | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Édgar Yoel Bárcenas | Panama | 2 |
| Emmanuel Jalai | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 29 Dec 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 3–2 | 7′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 28 Jun 2026 | v Canada | 0–1 | came on 86′ | 4 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
| 24 Jun 2026 | v South Korea | 1–0 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 29 May 2026 | v Nicaragua | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–2 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 4 Jan 2026 | v Cameroon | 1–2 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 3–2 | started, off 76′ | 76 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 26 Dec 2025 | v Egypt | 0–1 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 15 Nov 2025 | v Zambia | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 6 Jun 2025 | v Tanzania | 0–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | 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.