Tallest: 8 · 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 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 21.4% |
| Without them | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 22.6% |
| Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abel Aguilar | Colombia | 1 |
| Adel Chedli | Tunisia | 1 |
| Alain Boghossian | France | 1 |
| Albert Luque | Spain | 1 |
| Alberto Gil | Italy | 1 |
| Aleksander Knavs | Slovenia | 1 |
| Aleš Čeh | Slovenia | 1 |
| Alessandro Gamberini | Italy | 1 |
| Alessandro Rosina | Italy | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 27 May 2010 | v Colombia | 2–1 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Sep 2008 | v Nigeria | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 17 Oct 2007 | v Italy | 0–2 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | — | Friendly |
| 26 Jan 2006 | v Tunisia | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
| 22 Jan 2006 | v Guinea | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
| 7 Sep 2005 | v Germany | 2–4 | came on 46′ | 44 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 4 Jun 2005 | v Cape Verde | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 9 Feb 2005 | v Australia | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2004 | v Uganda | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 22 May 2003 | v England | 1–2 | started, off 67′ | 67 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 12 Jun 2002 | v Spain | 2–3 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 2002 | v Slovenia | 1–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2002 | v Paraguay | 2–2 | started, off 78′ | 78 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 23 May 2002 | v Turkey | 2–0 | — | — | 2 | — | Friendly |
| 20 May 2002 | v Scotland | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 May 2001 | v Zimbabwe | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
| 24 Jun 1998 | v Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 1998 | v Denmark | 1–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 1998 | v France | 0–3 | started, off 89′ | 89 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 25 Feb 1998 | v DR Congo | 2–1 | — | — | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations 1998 · Semi-final |
| 22 Feb 1998 | v Morocco | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1998 · Quarter-final |
| 16 Feb 1998 | v Namibia | 4–1 | — | — | 4 | — | African Cup of Nations 1998 · 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.