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 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14.3% |
| Without them | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 50% |
| Abdoh Autef | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdulrahman Al Qahtani | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Ahmed Al Bahri | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Ahmed Al Mousa | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Ahmed Manajid | Iraq | 1 |
| Ali Karimi | Iran | 1 |
| Ali Rehema | Iraq | 1 |
| Andranik Teymourian | Iran | 1 |
| Andwele Slory | Netherlands | 1 |
| Atsuto Uchida | Japan | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 11 Jul 2007 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | 66′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Oct 2010 | v Japan | 0–0 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Sep 2008 | v North Korea | 1–1 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 25 Jul 2007 | v Iraq | 0–0 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Semi-final |
| 22 Jul 2007 | v Iran | 0–0 | came on 80′ | 40 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Quarter-final |
| 18 Jul 2007 | v Indonesia | 1–0 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 11 Jul 2007 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | started, off 67′ | 67 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2007 | v Netherlands | 0–2 | came on 66′ | 24 | — | — | 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.