Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 25% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Alain Boghossian | France | 1 |
| Albert Luque | Spain | 1 |
| Aleksander Knavs | Slovenia | 1 |
| Aleš Čeh | Slovenia | 1 |
| Allan Johnston | Scotland | 1 |
| Allan Nielsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Amir Karic | Slovenia | 1 |
| Bixente Lizarazu | France | 1 |
| Brian Laudrup | Denmark | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 12 Jun 2002 | v Spain | 2–3 | 53′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 17 Dec 1997 | v Uruguay | 3–4 | 11′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Confederations Cup 1997 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 22 May 2003 | v England | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Jun 2002 | v Spain | 2–3 | started, off 80′ | 80 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 2002 | v Slovenia | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2002 | v Paraguay | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 20 May 2002 | v Scotland | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Jun 1998 | v Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 1998 | v Denmark | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 1998 | v France | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 17 Dec 1997 | v Uruguay | 3–4 | — | — | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 1997 · Group stage |
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.