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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 50% |
| Without them | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25% |
| Abdelkarim Kissi | Morocco | 1 |
| Abdeslam Ouaddou | Morocco | 1 |
| Aleksander Knavs | Slovenia | 1 |
| Aleš Čeh | Slovenia | 1 |
| Allan Johnston | Scotland | 1 |
| Amir Karic | Slovenia | 1 |
| Christian Dailly | Scotland | 1 |
| David Weir | Scotland | 1 |
| Džoni Novak | Slovenia | 1 |
| Emmanuel Ekwueme | Nigeria | 1 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 9 Apr 2000 | v Lesotho | 2–0 | 71′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2000 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 4 Feb 2004 | v Morocco | 1–1 | came on 81′ | 9 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage |
| 31 Jan 2004 | v Nigeria | 0–4 | came on 86′ | 4 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 2002 | v Slovenia | 1–0 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 20 May 2002 | v Scotland | 2–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | Friendly |
| 9 Apr 2000 | v Lesotho | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2000 |
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.