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 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 14.3% |
| Without them | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 60% |
| Alberto García Aspe | Mexico | 1 |
| Allan Johnston | Scotland | 1 |
| Aron Winter | Netherlands | 1 |
| Arthur Numan | Netherlands | 1 |
| Ashley Cole | England | 1 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 1 |
| Boudewijn Zenden | Netherlands | 1 |
| Braulio Luna | Mexico | 1 |
| Bulent Korkmaz | Turkey | 1 |
| Carsten Ramelow | Germany | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Feb 2000 | v Costa Rica | 2–2 | 75′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | Gold Cup 2000 · Group stage |
| 28 Sep 1997 | v Japan | 2–1 | 86′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | 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 | came on 56′ | 34 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Semi-final |
| 21 May 2002 | v England | 1–1 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 May 2002 | v Scotland | 4–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Feb 2000 | v Costa Rica | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Gold Cup 2000 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1998 | v Belgium | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | 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 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 28 Sep 1997 | v Japan | 2–1 | — | — | 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.