Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Alain Boghossian | France | 1 |
| Allan Nielsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Bixente Lizarazu | France | 1 |
| Brian Laudrup | Denmark | 1 |
| Christophe Dugarry | France | 1 |
| David Trezeguet | France | 1 |
| Didier Deschamps | France | 1 |
| Ebbe Sand | Denmark | 1 |
| Emmanuel Petit | France | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 11 Feb 1998 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 8′ | pen | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 1998 · Group stage |
| 17 Dec 1997 | v Uruguay | 3–4 | 69′ | — | Pulled one back | 2–3 | Confederations Cup 1997 · Group stage |
| 13 Dec 1997 | v Czech Republic | 2–2 | 86′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | Confederations Cup 1997 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 1997 | v Zambia | 3–0 | 8′ | — | 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.
| 24 Jun 1998 | v Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 1998 | v Denmark | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 1998 | v France | 0–3 | came on 56′ | 34 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 11 Feb 1998 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1998 · Group stage |
| 17 Dec 1997 | v Uruguay | 3–4 | — | — | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 1997 · Group stage |
| 13 Dec 1997 | v Czech Republic | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 1997 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 1997 | v Zambia | 3–0 | — | — | 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.