Appearances for leading players in men's national football team South Korea 2023
As of March 2023, Cha Bum-kun and Hong Myung-bo were the players with the most appearances for the South Korean men's national team with 136 appearances resepctively. Out of the leading players, five of them played as a defender. Another five players on this list were part of the 2002 World Cup squad that made the semi-finals (Hong Myung-bo, Lee Woon-jae, Lee Young-pyo, Yoo Sang-chul, and Kim Tae-young).