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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Without them | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 24 | 51.7% |
| Abdelrahman Mustafa Baha | Jordan | 1 |
| Adam Matuszczyk | Poland | 1 |
| Adrian Mierzejewski | Poland | 1 |
| Ala Matalka | Jordan | 1 |
| Amer Deeb | Jordan | 1 |
| Damien Perquis | Poland | 1 |
| Dariusz Dudka | Poland | 1 |
| Eugen Polanski | Poland | 1 |
| Grzegorz Wojtkowiak | Poland | 1 |
| Hassouneh Qasem | Jordan | 1 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 18 Feb 2004 | v Lebanon | 2–0 | 51′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Oct 2011 | v Poland | 2–2 | came on 57′ | 33 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 May 2008 | v Jordan | 2–2 | started, off 54′ | 54 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 18 Feb 2004 | v Lebanon | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
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.