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 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 23.1% |
| Without them | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 33.3% |
| Albert Riera | Spain | 2 |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Spain | 2 |
| Brima Koroma | Sierra Leone | 2 |
| Christian Caulker | Sierra Leone | 2 |
| David Villa | Spain | 2 |
| Fernando Llorente | Spain | 2 |
| Fernando Torres | Spain | 2 |
| Gerard Piqué | Spain | 2 |
| Ibrahim Kargbo | Sierra Leone | 2 |
| Julius Wobay | Sierra Leone | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 26 Mar 2005 | v Uganda | 2–1 | 71′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 3 Jul 2004 | v Burkina Faso | 2–0 | 14′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 9 Jun 2012 | v Botswana | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 3 Jun 2012 | v Ethiopia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 29 Feb 2012 | v Senegal | 0–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Nov 2011 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 22 Jun 2010 | v France | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 16 Jun 2010 | v Uruguay | 0–3 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 11 Jun 2010 | v Mexico | 1–1 | started, off 83′ | 83 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 5 Jun 2010 | v Denmark | 1–0 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 May 2010 | v Guatemala | 5–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 May 2010 | v Colombia | 2–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 8 Sep 2009 | v Republic of Ireland | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 5 Sep 2009 | v Germany | 0–2 | started, off 86′ | 86 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Jun 2009 | v Spain | 2–3 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | Yellow | Confederations Cup 2009 · Third-place play-off |
| 25 Jun 2009 | v Brazil | 0–1 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Semi-final |
| 20 Jun 2009 | v Spain | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 2009 | v New Zealand | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 2009 | v Iraq | 0–0 | came on 85′ | 5 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 2008 | v Sierra Leone | 0–0 | started, off 83′ | 83 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 14 Jun 2008 | v Sierra Leone | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 7 Jun 2008 | v Equatorial Guinea | 4–1 | started, off 83′ | 83 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 1 Jun 2008 | v Nigeria | 0–2 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 27 Jan 2008 | v Tunisia | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2008 · Group stage |
| 23 Jan 2008 | v Angola | 1–1 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2008 · Group stage |
| 17 Oct 2007 | v Italy | 0–2 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | Friendly |
| 22 Aug 2007 | v Scotland | 0–1 | started, off 76′ | 76 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Nov 2006 | v Egypt | 0–1 | started, off 88′ | 88 | — | — | Friendly |
| 26 Mar 2005 | v Uganda | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 3 Jul 2004 | v Burkina Faso | 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.