This is a list of South Africa Men's Twenty20 International cricketers. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.
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| No. | Name | First | Last | Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | 50 | 100 | Balls | Wkt | BBI | Ave | Ca | St | |
| 1 | Nicky Boje | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 1 | 1/27 | 27.00 | 0 | – | [4] |
| 2 | Mark Boucher † | 2005 | 2010 | 25 | 268 | 36* | 17.86 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 1 | [5] |
| 3 | Herschelle Gibbs | 2005 | 2010 | 23 | 400 | 90* | 18.18 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | [6] |
| 4 | Jacques Kallis | 2005 | 2012 | 25 | 666 | 73 | 35.05 | 5 | 0 | 276 | 12 | 4/15 | 27.75 | 7 | – | [7] |
| 5 | Justin Kemp | 2005 | 2007 | 8 | 203 | 89* | 50.75 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 3 | – | [8] |
| 6 | Charl Langeveldt | 2005 | 2010 | 9 | 4 | 2* | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 17 | 4/19 | 14.17 | 1 | – | [9] |
| 7 | Albie Morkel | 2005 | 2015 | 50 | 572 | 43 | 21.18 | 0 | 0 | 647 | 26 | 3/12 | 33.23 | 17 | – | [10] |
| 8 | André Nel | 2005 | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0* | – | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 2/19 | 21.00 | 1 | – | [11] |
| 9 | Makhaya Ntini | 2005 | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 6 | 2/22 | 49.66 | 2 | – | [12] |
| 10 | Shaun Pollock ‡ | 2005 | 2008 | 12 | 86 | 36* | 12.28 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 15 | 3/28 | 20.60 | 2 | – | [13] |
| 11 | Ashwell Prince | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | [14] |
| 12 | Graeme Smith ‡ | 2005 | 2011 | 33 | 982 | 89* | 31.67 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | – | – | 18 | – | [15] |
| 13 | Johan Botha ‡ | 2006 | 2012 | 40 | 201 | 34 | 18.27 | 0 | 0 | 774 | 37 | 3/16 | 22.24 | 17 | – | [16] |
| 14 | Boeta Dippenaar | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | [17] |
| 15 | Andrew Hall | 2006 | 2006 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 3/22 | 20.00 | 0 | – | [18] |
| 16 | Garnett Kruger | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | [19] |
| 17 | Jacques Rudolph | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 6 | 6* | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | [20] |
| 18 | Monde Zondeki | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1/41 | 41.00 | 0 | – | [21] |
| 19 | Loots Bosman | 2006 | 2010 | 14 | 323 | 94 | 24.84 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | [22] |
| 20 | AB de Villiers ‡† | 2006 | 2017 | 78 | 1,672 | 79* | 26.12 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 65 | 7 | [23] |
| 21 | Neil McKenzie | 2006 | 2009 | 2 | 7 | 7* | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | [24] |
| 22 | Robin Peterson | 2006 | 2014 | 21 | 124 | 34 | 15.50 | 0 | 0 | 359 | 24 | 3/28 | 18.79 | 10 | – | [25] |
| 23 | Roger Telemachus | 2006 | 2007 | 3 | 5 | 5* | – | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 1/22 | 45.00 | 0 | – | [26] |
| 24 | Johan van der Wath | 2006 | 2007 | 8 | 46 | 21 | 15.33 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 8 | 2/31 | 28.87 | 0 | – | [27] |
| 25 | Tyron Henderson | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | [28] |
| 26 | Alfonso Thomas | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 3 | 3/25 | 8.33 | 0 | – | [29] |
| 27 | Morné van Wyk † | 2007 | 2015 | 8 | 225 | 114* | 37.50 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | [30] |
| 28 | Morné Morkel [lower-alpha 1] | 2007 | 2015 | 41 | 21 | 8* | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 880 | 46 | 4/17 | 23.84 | 5 | – | [31] |
| 29 | Vernon Philander | 2007 | 2007 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 2/23 | 28.50 | 1 | – | [32] |
| 30 | JP Duminy ‡ | 2007 | 2019 | 81 | 1,934 | 96* | 38.68 | 11 | 0 | 463 | 21 | 3/18 | 28.52 | 35 | – | [33] |
| 31 | Dale Steyn | 2007 | 2020 | 47 | 21 | 5* | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 1,015 | 64 | 4/9 | 18.35 | 12 | – | [34] |
| 32 | Gulam Bodi | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | [35] |
| 33 | Justin Ontong ‡ | 2008 | 2015 | 14 | 158 | 48 | 15.80 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1/25 | 83.00 | 10 | – | [36] |
| 34 | Rory Kleinveldt | 2008 | 2013 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 9 | 3/18 | 19.22 | 1 | – | [37] |
| 35 | Johann Louw | 2008 | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 1* | – | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 2/36 | 27.00 | 0 | – | [38] |
| 36 | Lonwabo Tsotsobe | 2009 | 2014 | 23 | 2 | 1* | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 18 | 3/16 | 30.05 | 1 | – | [39] |
| 37 | Vaughn van Jaarsveld | 2009 | 2009 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | [40] |
| 38 | Hashim Amla [lower-alpha 1] ‡ | 2009 | 2018 | 41 | 1,158 | 97* | 32.16 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | [41] |
| 39 | Wayne Parnell | 2009 | 2023 | 56 | 174 | 29* | 17.40 | 0 | 0 | 1,094 | 59 | 5/30 | 25.64 | 7 | – | [42] |
| 40 | Yusuf Abdulla | 2009 | 2009 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 2 | 1/16 | 22.00 | 0 | – | [43] |
| 41 | Roelof van der Merwe [lower-alpha 2] | 2009 | 2010 | 13 | 57 | 48 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 14 | 2/14 | 21.78 | 6 | – | |
| 42 | Ryan McLaren | 2009 | 2014 | 12 | 9 | 6* | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 17 | 5/19 | 19.52 | 3 | – | [44] |
| 43 | Heino Kuhn † | 2009 | 2017 | 7 | 49 | 29 | 12.25 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | [45] |
| 44 | Alviro Petersen | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | [46] |
| 45 | David Miller [lower-alpha 1] † | 2010 | 2024 | 122 | 2,396 | 106* | 33.74 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 78 | 1 | [47] |
| 46 | Colin Ingram | 2010 | 2012 | 9 | 210 | 78 | 26.25 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | [48] |
| 47 | Rusty Theron [lower-alpha 3] | 2010 | 2012 | 9 | 32 | 31* | – | 0 | 0 | 194 | 12 | 4/27 | 21.75 | 2 | 0 | [49] |
| 48 | Richard Levi | 2012 | 2012 | 13 | 236 | 117* | 21.45 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | [50] |
| 49 | Marchant de Lange | 2012 | 2015 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 140 | 7 | 2/26 | 32.57 | 1 | – | [51] |
| 50 | Farhaan Behardien | 2012 | 2018 | 38 | 518 | 64* | 32.37 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 2/15 | 9.00 | 14 | – | [52] |
| 51 | Dane Vilas † | 2012 | 2012 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [53] |
| 52 | Faf du Plessis [lower-alpha 1] | 2012 | 2020 | 47 | 1,466 | 119 | 36.65 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 22 | – | [54] |
| 53 | Henry Davids | 2012 | 2013 | 9 | 161 | 68 | 17.88 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1/6 | 13.00 | 0 | – | [55] |
| 54 | Quinton de Kock † | 2012 | 2024 | 92 | 2,584 | 100 | 31.51 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 84 | 18 | [56] |
| 55 | Chris Morris | 2012 | 2019 | 23 | 133 | 55* | 14.77 | 1 | 0 | 498 | 34 | 4/27 | 20.50 | 6 | – | [57] |
| 56 | Aaron Phangiso | 2012 | 2018 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 20 | 3/25 | 22.15 | 0 | – | [58] |
| 57 | Kyle Abbott | 2013 | 2016 | 21 | 23 | 9* | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 436 | 26 | 3/20 | 22.26 | 7 | – | [59] |
| 58 | Imran Tahir [lower-alpha 1] | 2013 | 2019 | 35 | 19 | 9* | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 785 | 61 | 5/23 | 14.08 | 5 | – | [60] |
| 59 | David Wiese [lower-alpha 4] | 2013 | 2016 | 20 | 92 | 28 | 13.14 | 0 | 0 | 392 | 24 | 5/23 | 20.70 | 9 | – | [61] |
| 60 | Beuran Hendricks | 2014 | 2021 | 19 | 18 | 12* | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 409 | 25 | 4/14 | 25.08 | 4 | – | [62] |
| 61 | Reeza Hendricks | 2014 | 2024 | 71 | 1999 | 87 | 29.39 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 0 | – | – | 32 | – | [63] |
| 62 | Kagiso Rabada | 2014 | 2024 | 65 | 156 | 22 | 17.33 | 0 | 0 | 1,393 | 71 | 3/18 | 29.87 | 21 | – | [64] |
| 63 | Rilee Rossouw | 2014 | 2023 | 29 | 767 | 109 | 34.86 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | [65] |
| 64 | Eddie Leie | 2015 | 2015 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 4 | 3/16 | 12.00 | 0 | – | [66] |
| 65 | Theunis de Bruyn | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | [67] |
| 66 | Mangaliso Mosehle † | 2017 | 2017 | 7 | 105 | 36 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | [68] |
| 67 | Lungi Ngidi | 2017 | 2024 | 42 | 38 | 13* | 7.60 | 0 | 0 | 833 | 62 | 5/39 | 20.90 | 8 | – | [69] |
| 68 | Andile Phehlukwayo | 2017 | 2024 | 42 | 166 | 27* | 9.22 | 0 | 0 | 748 | 50 | 4/24 | 22.24 | 9 | – | [70] |
| 69 | JJ Smuts | 2017 | 2021 | 13 | 174 | 45 | 13.38 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 1 | 1/19 | 178.00 | 1 | – | [71] |
| 70 | Dane Paterson | 2017 | 2018 | 8 | 5 | 4* | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 9 | 4/32 | 29.44 | 1 | – | [72] |
| 71 | Dwaine Pretorius | 2017 | 2022 | 30 | 261 | 77* | 21.75 | 1 | 0 | 504 | 35 | 5/17 | 19.88 | 6 | – | [73] |
| 72 | Tabraiz Shamsi | 2017 | 2024 | 70 | 10 | 4* | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 1,509 | 89 | 5/24 | 20.89 | 12 | – | [74] |
| 73 | Robert Frylinck | 2017 | 2018 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 60 | 5 | 2/20 | 12.40 | 1 | – | [75] |
| 74 | Junior Dala | 2018 | 2021 | 10 | 19 | 12* | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 13 | 3/35 | 23.61 | 3 | – | [76] |
| 75 | Heinrich Klaasen ‡† | 2018 | 2024 | 52 | 912 | 81 | 24.00 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 3 | [77] |
| 76 | Christiaan Jonker | 2018 | 2018 | 2 | 57 | 49 | 28.50 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | [78] |
| 77 | Gihahn Cloete | 2018 | 2019 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | [79] |
| 78 | Rassie van der Dussen | 2018 | 2024 | 48 | 1191 | 94* | 33.08 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | [80] |
| 79 | Janneman Malan | 2019 | 2021 | 11 | 241 | 55 | 21.90 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | [81] |
| 80 | Lutho Sipamla | 2019 | 2021 | 9 | 8 | 85 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 5 | 2/22 | 53.00 | 3 | – | [82] |
| 81 | Aiden Markram | 2019 | 2024 | 51 | 1294 | 70 | 32.35 | 9 | 0 | 300 | 12 | 3/21 | 34.75 | 36 | – | [83] |
| 82 | Sinethemba Qeshile † | 2019 | 2019 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | [84] |
| 83 | Temba Bavuma ‡ | 2019 | 2023 | 36 | 670 | 72 | 21.61 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | [85] |
| 84 | Bjorn Fortuin | 2019 | 2024 | 23 | 76 | 17* | 8.44 | 0 | 0 | 396 | 19 | 3/16 | 27.26 | 5 | – | [86] |
| 85 | Anrich Nortje | 2019 | 2024 | 42 | 17 | 4* | 2.83 | 0 | 0 | 869 | 53 | 4/7 | 19.16 | 10 | – | [87] |
| 86 | Pite van Biljon | 2020 | 2021 | 10 | 125 | 42 | 20.83 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | [88] |
| 87 | George Linde | 2020 | 2021 | 14 | 111 | 29 | 11.10 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 15 | 3/23 | 22.66 | 6 | – | [89] |
| 88 | Jacques Snyman | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 1 | – | [90] |
| 89 | Glenton Stuurman | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | [91] |
| 90 | Wihan Lubbe | 2021 | 2021 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | [92] |
| 91 | Sisanda Magala | 2021 | 2023 | 6 | 34 | 18* | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6 | 3/21 | 37.66 | 1 | – | [93] |
| 92 | Lizaad Williams | 2021 | 2024 | 13 | 6 | 2* | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 19 | 3/35 | 22.47 | 2 | – | [94] |
| 93 | Wiaan Mulder | 2021 | 2024 | 9 | 97 | 36 | 19.40 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 2/10 | 25.80 | 5 | – | [95] |
| 94 | Keshav Maharaj ‡ | 2021 | 2024 | 35 | 92 | 41 | 13.14 | 0 | 0 | 713 | 35 | 3/27 | 24.17 | 14 | – | [96] |
| 95 | Tristan Stubbs † | 2022 | 2024 | 29 | 548 | 76 | 28.84 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | [97] |
| 96 | Marco Jansen | 2022 | 2024 | 13 | 64 | 21* | 10.66 | 0 | 0 | 277 | 13 | 3/52 | 29.76 | 7 | – | [98] |
| 97 | Dewald Brevis | 2023 | 2023 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [99] |
| 98 | Gerald Coetzee | 2023 | 2024 | 6 | 25 | 13 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 8 | 3/32 | 25.87 | 1 | – | [100] |
| 99 | Matthew Breetzke | 2023 | 2024 | 6 | 61 | 19 | 10.16 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | [101] |
| 100 | Donovan Ferreira | 2023 | 2024 | 4 | 72 | 48 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | [102] |
| 101 | Nandre Burger | 2023 | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 1/39 | 86.00 | 0 | – | [103] |
| 102 | Ottneil Baartman | 2024 | 2024 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 13 | 4/11 | 16.46 | 1 | – | [104] |
| 103 | Ryan Rickelton | 2024 | 2024 | 6 | 94 | 27 | 15.66 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | [105] |
| 104 | Nqaba Peter | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | 10 | 10* | – | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 2/32 | 19.66 | 0 | – | [106] |
| 105 | Patrick Kruger | 2024 | 2024 | 4 | 66 | 44 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 2/29 | 43.00 | 1 | – | [107] |
| 106 | Kwena Maphaka | 2024 | 2024 | 3 | 4 | 3* | – | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 1/25 | 88.00 | 1 | – | [108] |
| 107 | Jason Smith | 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 6 | 6* | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | [109] |
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