Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
North Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0% |
| Without them | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0% |
| Ahmed Khalil | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| Ahmed Mubarek | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| Ali Al Wehaibi | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| Amer Abdulrahman | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| Andile Jali | South Africa | 1 |
| Aureliano Torres | Paraguay | 1 |
| Ayiila Yussuf | Nigeria | 1 |
| Bongani Khumalo | South Africa | 1 |
| Carlos Bonet | Paraguay | 1 |
| Chidi Odiah | Nigeria | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Sep 2008 | v United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | 81′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 17 Aug 2005 | v Bahrain | 3–2 | 90′ | — | Winning goal | 3–2 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 11 Jan 2011 | v United Arab Emirates | 0–0 | came on 49′ | 41 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2011 · Group stage |
| 6 Jun 2010 | v Nigeria | 1–3 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 May 2010 | v Paraguay | 0–1 | came on 50′ | 40 | — | — | Friendly |
| 22 Apr 2010 | v South Africa | 0–0 | came on 51′ | 39 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Sep 2008 | v United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 17 Aug 2005 | v Bahrain | 3–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
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.