Tallest: 7 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 4 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0% |
| Without them | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 36.4% |
| Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Alain Boghossian | France | 1 |
| Allan Nielsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | 1 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 1 |
| Bixente Lizarazu | France | 1 |
| Brian Laudrup | Denmark | 1 |
| Christophe Dugarry | France | 1 |
| Danny Mills | England | 1 |
| Darius Vassell | England | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Sep 2005 | v Germany | 2–4 | started, off 46′ | 46 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 3 Jul 2004 | v Burkina Faso | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 22 May 2003 | v England | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 May 2001 | v Zimbabwe | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
| 27 Jan 2001 | v Burkina Faso | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
| 22 Apr 2000 | v Lesotho | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2000 |
| 9 Apr 2000 | v Lesotho | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2000 |
| 12 Feb 2000 | v Tunisia | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Third-place play-off |
| 2 Feb 2000 | v Algeria | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage |
| 27 Jan 2000 | v DR Congo | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage |
| 23 Jan 2000 | v Gabon | 3–1 | — | — | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage |
| 24 Jun 1998 | v Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | started | 90 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 1998 | v Denmark | 1–1 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 1998 | v France | 0–3 | came on 89′ | 1 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 1996 | v Malawi | 3–0 | — | — | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
| 31 Jan 1996 | v Ghana | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1996 · Semi-final |
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.