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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 68.8% |
| Without them | 175 | 80 | 47 | 48 | 240 | 183 | 45.7% |
| Chalana Chameera | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Damir Muminovic | Iceland | 2 |
| Hoskuldur Gunnlaugsson | Iceland | 2 |
| Jude Supan | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Mohamed Fasal | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Nicholus Harsha Fernando | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Sujan Perera | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Viktor Karl Einarsson | Iceland | 2 |
| Viktor Orlygur Andrason | Iceland | 2 |
| Yogendra Duckson Puslas | Sri Lanka | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
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| 5 Jun 2004 | v Turkey | 2–1 | 66′ | pen | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 26 May 2002 | v France | 2–3 | 26′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 21 May 2002 | v England | 1–1 | 52′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 20 Jun 2023 | v El Salvador | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 Jun 2023 | v Peru | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Nov 2022 | v Iceland | 1–0 | started, off 44′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2022 | v Iran | 2–0 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 20 Jan 2022 | v Moldova | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Jan 2022 | v Iceland | 5–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Nov 2021 | v United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | came on 81′ | 9 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 13 Jun 2021 | v Lebanon | 2–1 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 9 Jun 2021 | v Sri Lanka | 5–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 5 Jun 2021 | v Turkmenistan | 5–0 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 25 Mar 2021 | v Japan | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2019 | v Sri Lanka | 8–0 | came on 69′ | 21 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 |
| 5 Sep 2019 | v Georgia | 2–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 20 Nov 2018 | v Uzbekistan | 4–0 | came on 82′ | 8 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Jun 2004 | v Turkey | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 26 May 2002 | v France | 2–3 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 21 May 2002 | v England | 1–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 16 May 2002 | v Scotland | 4–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | 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.