Tallest: 1 · 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 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 44.4% |
| Without them | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 42.9% |
| Abel Xavier | Portugal | 1 |
| Agassa Kossi | Togo | 1 |
| Alaixys Romao | Togo | 1 |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 1 |
| Alexander Frei | Switzerland | 1 |
| Angelo Di Livio | Italy | 1 |
| Assimiou Toure | Togo | 1 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 1 |
| Beto | Portugal | 1 |
| Brad Friedel | United States | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 13 Oct 2004 | v Lebanon | 1–1 | 8′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 30 Jan 2002 | v Costa Rica | 1–3 | 81′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–2 | Gold Cup 2002 · Semi-final |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 23 Jun 2006 | v Switzerland | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2006 | v France | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 13 Jun 2006 | v Togo | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 13 Oct 2004 | v Lebanon | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 25 Jun 2002 | v Germany | 0–1 | started, off 56′ | 56 | — | — | 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 |
| 30 Jan 2002 | v Costa Rica | 1–3 | — | — | 1 | — | Gold Cup 2002 · Semi-final |
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.