Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abel Xavier | Portugal | 1 |
| Alberto García Aspe | Mexico | 1 |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 1 |
| Allan Johnston | Scotland | 1 |
| Angelo Di Livio | Italy | 1 |
| Aron Winter | Netherlands | 1 |
| Arthur Numan | Netherlands | 1 |
| Ashley Cole | England | 1 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 1 |
| Beto | Portugal | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 4 Jun 2002 | v Poland | 2–0 | 53′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 1 Jun 2001 | v Mexico | 2–1 | 90′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | Confederations Cup 2001 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1998 | v Belgium | 1–1 | 72′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 18 Oct 1997 | v Uzbekistan | 5–1 | 38′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 4 Oct 1997 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | 69′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 28 May 1997 | v Hong Kong | 4–0 | 25′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 29 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Third-place play-off |
| 25 Jun 2002 | v Germany | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Semi-final |
| 22 Jun 2002 | v Spain | 0–0 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Quarter-final |
| 18 Jun 2002 | v Italy | 2–1 | started | 120 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Round of 16 |
| 14 Jun 2002 | v Portugal | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 10 Jun 2002 | v United States | 1–1 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v Poland | 2–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 21 May 2002 | v England | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 May 2002 | v Scotland | 4–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Jun 2001 | v Mexico | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 2001 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1998 | v Belgium | 1–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 1998 | v Netherlands | 0–5 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 13 Jun 1998 | v Mexico | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 18 Oct 1997 | v Uzbekistan | 5–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 4 Oct 1997 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 28 May 1997 | v Hong Kong | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
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.