Tallest: 7 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 5 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0% |
| Without them | 45 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 60 | 32 | 44.4% |
| Álvaro Fernández | Uruguay | 1 |
| Álvaro Pereira | Uruguay | 1 |
| Ángel Di María | Argentina | 1 |
| Aron Winter | Netherlands | 1 |
| Arthur Numan | Netherlands | 1 |
| Boudewijn Zenden | Netherlands | 1 |
| Carlos Tevez | Argentina | 1 |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | 1 |
| Diego Forlán | Uruguay | 1 |
| Diego Godín | Uruguay | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 11 Sep 2012 | v Uzbekistan | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 29 Feb 2012 | v Kuwait | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 26 Jun 2010 | v Uruguay | 1–2 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Round of 16 |
| 17 Jun 2010 | v Argentina | 1–4 | came on 81′ | 9 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 15 Feb 2006 | v Mexico | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 8 Jun 2005 | v Kuwait | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 30 Mar 2005 | v Uzbekistan | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 9 Feb 2005 | v Kuwait | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 17 Nov 2004 | v Maldives | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 8 Sep 2004 | v Vietnam | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 31 Jul 2004 | v Iran | 3–4 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Quarter-final |
| 27 Jul 2004 | v Kuwait | 4–0 | — | — | 2 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Group stage |
| 23 Jul 2004 | v United Arab Emirates | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Group stage |
| 29 Oct 2000 | v China PR | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Third-place play-off |
| 26 Oct 2000 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Semi-final |
| 23 Oct 2000 | v Iran | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Quarter-final |
| 19 Oct 2000 | v Indonesia | 3–0 | — | — | 3 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Group stage |
| 17 Feb 2000 | v Costa Rica | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Gold Cup 2000 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 1998 | v Netherlands | 0–5 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 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.