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 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 35.3% |
| Without them | 40 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 71 | 36 | 52.5% |
| Aaron Katebe | Zambia | 1 |
| Abdoh Autef | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdoulaye Faye | Senegal | 1 |
| Abdulla Marzooq | Bahrain | 1 |
| Abdulrahman Abdulkarim | Bahrain | 1 |
| Abdulrahman Al Qahtani | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Admir Vladavic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Agassa Kossi | Togo | 1 |
| Ahmed Al Bahri | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Ahmed Al Mousa | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 12 Oct 2005 | v Iran | 2–0 | 90′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 15 Aug 2012 | v Zambia | 2–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Sep 2008 | v North Korea | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 28 Jul 2007 | v Japan | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Third-place play-off |
| 25 Jul 2007 | v Iraq | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Semi-final |
| 22 Jul 2007 | v Iran | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Quarter-final |
| 18 Jul 2007 | v Indonesia | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 15 Jul 2007 | v Bahrain | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 11 Jul 2007 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2007 | v Netherlands | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 23 Jun 2006 | v Switzerland | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 13 Jun 2006 | v Togo | 2–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2006 | v Ghana | 1–3 | started, off 51′ | 51 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Jun 2006 | v Norway | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 26 May 2006 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 23 May 2006 | v Senegal | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Mar 2006 | v Angola | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Oct 2005 | v Iran | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 19 Dec 2004 | v Germany | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
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.