Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0% |
| Without them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Alberto Górriz | Spain | 1 |
| Alessandro Altobelli | Italy | 1 |
| Alfonso Domínguez | Uruguay | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Antonio Cabrini | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Di Gennaro | Italy | 1 |
| Bruno Conti | Italy | 1 |
| Carlos Aguilera | Uruguay | 1 |
| Chendo | Spain | 1 |
| Daniel Fonseca | Uruguay | 1 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Apr 1985 | v Nepal | 4–0 | 41′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 21 Jun 1990 | v Uruguay | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 1990 | v Spain | 1–3 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 10 Jun 1986 | v Italy | 2–3 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 6 Apr 1985 | v Nepal | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
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.