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 | 7 | 5 | 50% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Albert Luque | Spain | 1 |
| Aleksander Knavs | Slovenia | 1 |
| Aleš Čeh | Slovenia | 1 |
| Allan Johnston | Scotland | 1 |
| Amir Karic | Slovenia | 1 |
| Carlos Gamarra | Paraguay | 1 |
| Celso Ayala | Paraguay | 1 |
| Christian Dailly | Scotland | 1 |
| Curro Torres | Spain | 1 |
| David Albelda | Spain | 1 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 20 May 2002 | v Scotland | 2–0 | 90′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Jun 2002 | v Spain | 2–3 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 2002 | v Slovenia | 1–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2002 | v Paraguay | 2–2 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 20 May 2002 | v Scotland | 2–0 | came on 82′ | 8 | 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.