Tallest: 2 · 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 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alberto Blanco | Panama | 1 |
| Andy Williams | Jamaica | 1 |
| Ángel Sanabria | Guatemala | 1 |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | 1 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 1 |
| Carlos Figueroa | Guatemala | 1 |
| Carlos Rivera | Panama | 1 |
| Carlos Ruiz | Guatemala | 1 |
| Carlos Salcido | Mexico | 1 |
| Damion Stewart | Jamaica | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Jul 2005 | v Panama | 1–1 | 68′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Gold Cup 2005 · Quarter-final |
| 10 Jul 2005 | v Jamaica | 3–3 | 41′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | Gold Cup 2005 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Sep 2005 | v Germany | 2–4 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Jul 2005 | v Panama | 1–1 | started | 120 | 1 | — | Gold Cup 2005 · Quarter-final |
| 13 Jul 2005 | v Guatemala | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Gold Cup 2005 · Group stage |
| 10 Jul 2005 | v Jamaica | 3–3 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Gold Cup 2005 · Group stage |
| 8 Jul 2005 | v Mexico | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Gold Cup 2005 · 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.