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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 40% |
| Abdelkarim Kissi | Morocco | 1 |
| Abdeslam Ouaddou | Morocco | 1 |
| Allan Johnston | Scotland | 1 |
| Christian Dailly | Scotland | 1 |
| Danny Mills | England | 1 |
| Darius Vassell | England | 1 |
| David Beckham | England | 1 |
| David James | England | 1 |
| David Weir | Scotland | 1 |
| Emile Heskey | England | 1 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 20 May 2002 | v Scotland | 2–0 | 32′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 4 Feb 2004 | v Morocco | 1–1 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage |
| 22 May 2003 | v England | 1–2 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | Friendly |
| 20 May 2002 | v Scotland | 2–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
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.