Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 50% |
| Abdoulaye Faye | Senegal | 1 |
| Abdulla Marzooq | Bahrain | 1 |
| Abdulrahman Abdulkarim | Bahrain | 1 |
| Abel Xavier | Portugal | 1 |
| Agassa Kossi | Togo | 1 |
| Ala'a Hubail | Bahrain | 1 |
| Alaixys Romao | Togo | 1 |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 1 |
| Allan Johnston | Scotland | 1 |
| Amdy Faye | Senegal | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 29 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 2–3 | 90′ | — | Pulled one back | 2–3 | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Third-place play-off |
| 19 Jan 2002 | v United States | 1–2 | 38′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Gold Cup 2002 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 15 Jul 2007 | v Bahrain | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2007 | v Netherlands | 0–2 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Jun 2006 | v Togo | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2006 | v Ghana | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Jun 2006 | v Norway | 0–0 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 23 May 2006 | v Senegal | 1–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 2–3 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Third-place play-off |
| 25 Jun 2002 | v Germany | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Semi-final |
| 22 Jun 2002 | v Spain | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Quarter-final |
| 18 Jun 2002 | v Italy | 2–1 | started | 120 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Round of 16 |
| 14 Jun 2002 | v Portugal | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 10 Jun 2002 | v United States | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v Poland | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 21 May 2002 | v England | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 May 2002 | v Scotland | 4–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 19 Jan 2002 | v United States | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Gold Cup 2002 · 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.