Records and statistics of the South Korea national football team are as follows.
Players in bold are still active with South Korea.
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cha Bum-kun | 136 | 58 | 1972–1986 |
Hong Myung-bo | 136 | 10 | 1990–2002 | |
3 | Lee Woon-jae | 133 | 0 | 1994–2010 |
4 | Lee Young-pyo | 127 | 5 | 1999–2011 |
Son Heung-min | 127 | 48 | 2010–present | |
6 | Kim Ho-kon | 124 | 5 | 1971–1979 |
7 | Yoo Sang-chul | 122 | 18 | 1994–2005 |
8 | Cho Young-jeung | 113 | 1 | 1975–1986 |
9 | Kim Young-gwon | 111 | 7 | 2010–present |
10 | Ki Sung-yueng | 110 | 10 | 2008–2019 |
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cha Bum-kun | 58 | 136 | 0.43 | 1972–1986 |
2 | Hwang Sun-hong | 50 | 103 | 0.49 | 1988–2002 |
3 | Son Heung-min | 48 | 127 | 0.38 | 2010–present |
4 | Park Lee-chun | 36 | 89 | 0.4 | 1969–1974 |
5 | Kim Jae-han | 33 | 57 | 0.58 | 1972–1979 |
Lee Dong-gook | 33 | 105 | 0.31 | 1998–2017 | |
7 | Choi Soon-ho | 30 | 103 | 0.29 | 1980–1991 |
8 | Kim Do-hoon | 29 | 72 | 0.4 | 1994–2003 |
Huh Jung-moo | 29 | 84 | 0.35 | 1974–1986 | |
10 | Choi Yong-soo | 27 | 67 | 0.4 | 1995–2003 |
Lee Tae-ho | 27 | 72 | 0.38 | 1980–1991 | |
Kim Jin-kook | 27 | 94 | 0.29 | 1972–1978 |
The following table shows South Korea's head-to-head record, correct as of 11 June 2024. [3]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 100.00 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 50.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0.00 |
![]() | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 31.03 |
![]() | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 12 | +28 | 70.59 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 100.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0.00 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 33.33 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 50.00 |
![]() | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 12.50 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
![]() | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 85.71 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 60.00 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 40.00 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 33.33 |
![]() | 38 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 60.53 |
![]() | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 66.67 |
![]() | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 50.00 |
![]() | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 40.00 |
![]() | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 28.57 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 20.00 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
![]() | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 33.33 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 50.00 |
![]() | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 42.86 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 75.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 100.00 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 33.33 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 100.00 |
![]() | 29 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 21 | +48 | 75.86 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0.00 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
![]() | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 12 | +36 | 73.68 |
![]() | 36 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 84 | 19 | +65 | 83.33 |
![]() | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 30.30 |
![]() | 23 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 39.13 |
![]() | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 45.45 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 50.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 50.00 |
![]() | 81 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 124 | 76 | +48 | 51.85 |
![]() | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 42.86 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 50.00 |
![]() | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 50.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 100.00 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
![]() | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 75.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 100.00 |
![]() | 47 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 81 | 45 | +36 | 55.32 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 50.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
![]() | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 28.57 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0.00 |
![]() | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 55.56 |
![]() | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | +53 | 100.00 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0.00 |
![]() | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 85.71 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 60.00 |
![]() | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 41.18 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 25.00 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 80.00 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 100.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
![]() | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 28.57 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00 |
![]() | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | +37 | 100.00 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
![]() | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 54.55 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0.00 |
![]() | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 26.32 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 25.00 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 33.33 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
![]() | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 97 | 19 | +78 | 82.14 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
![]() | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 0.00 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 100.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 100.00 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0.00 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 50.00 |
![]() | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 60.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
![]() | 47 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 96 | 37 | +59 | 65.96 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 33.33 |
![]() | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 14.29 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 80.00 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
![]() | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 61.90 |
![]() | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 45.45 |
![]() | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 10.00 |
![]() | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 68.75 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
![]() | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 21 | +45 | 68.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
![]() | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0.00 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 50.00 |
Total | 982 | 530 | 241 | 211 | 1,770 | 904 | +866 | 53.97 |
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