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 | 12 | 9 | 44.4% |
| Without them | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 50% |
| Admir Vladavic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Agassa Kossi | Togo | 1 |
| Alaixys Romao | Togo | 1 |
| Amado Flavio | Angola | 1 |
| Andre Venceslau Valentim Macanga | Angola | 1 |
| Antonio Lebo-Lebo | Angola | 1 |
| Antonio Manuel Viana Mendonca | Angola | 1 |
| Arsenio Cabungula Love | Angola | 1 |
| Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | 1 |
| Assimiou Toure | Togo | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 4 Jun 2006 | v Ghana | 1–3 | 49′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 5 Jun 2004 | v Turkey | 2–1 | 76′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 29 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 2–3 | 9′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Third-place play-off |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 18 Jun 2006 | v France | 1–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 13 Jun 2006 | v Togo | 2–1 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2006 | v Ghana | 1–3 | started, off 81′ | 81 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 26 May 2006 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Mar 2006 | v Angola | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Jun 2004 | v Turkey | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 29 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 2–3 | started, off 65′ | 65 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Third-place play-off |
| 22 Jun 2002 | v Spain | 0–0 | came on 32′ | 88 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Quarter-final |
| 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 |
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.