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 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 42.9% |
| Without them | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25% |
| Albert Riera | Spain | 2 |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Spain | 2 |
| David Villa | Spain | 2 |
| Fernando Llorente | Spain | 2 |
| Fernando Torres | Spain | 2 |
| Gerard Piqué | Spain | 2 |
| Raúl Albiol | Spain | 2 |
| Santi Cazorla | Spain | 2 |
| Sergio Busquets | Spain | 2 |
| Abner Trigueros | Guatemala | 1 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 14 Jul 2001 | v Malawi | 2–0 | 5′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 31 May 2010 | v Guatemala | 5–0 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 May 2010 | v Thailand | 4–0 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Jun 2009 | v Spain | 2–3 | started | 120 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Third-place play-off |
| 25 Jun 2009 | v Brazil | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Semi-final |
| 20 Jun 2009 | v Spain | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 2009 | v New Zealand | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 2009 | v Iraq | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 14 Jul 2001 | v Malawi | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
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.