Tallest: 5 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alessandro Altobelli | Italy | 1 |
| Andrey Zhelyazkov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Antonio Cabrini | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Di Gennaro | Italy | 1 |
| Ayan Sadakov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Borislav Mihaylov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Bozhidar Iskrenov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Bruno Conti | Italy | 1 |
| Carlos Tapia | Argentina | 1 |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 5 Nov 1977 | v Kuwait | 2–2 | 18′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 27 Aug 1977 | v Australia | 1–2 | 23′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 26 Jun 1977 | v Hong Kong | 1–0 | 81′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 3 Apr 1977 | v Japan | 1–0 | 84′ | pen | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 20 Mar 1977 | v Israel | 3–1 | 23′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 28 May 1973 | v Israel | 1–0 | 109′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1973 |
| 19 May 1973 | v Thailand | 4–0 | 60′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1973 |
| 10 May 1972 | v Cambodia | 4–1 | 69′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | AFC Asian Cup 1972 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 10 Jun 1986 | v Italy | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 5 Jun 1986 | v Bulgaria | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 1986 | v Argentina | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 5 Nov 1977 | v Kuwait | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 27 Aug 1977 | v Australia | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 26 Jun 1977 | v Hong Kong | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 3 Apr 1977 | v Japan | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 20 Mar 1977 | v Israel | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
| 28 May 1973 | v Israel | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1973 |
| 19 May 1973 | v Thailand | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1973 |
| 10 May 1972 | v Cambodia | 4–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1972 · Group stage |
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.