This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2012.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 31 |
| 2 | Accounting | 71 |
| 3 | Agriculture | 111 |
| 4 | Ancient History | 883 |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | 12 |
| 6 | Arabic Extension | 7 |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | 4 |
| 8 | Automotive Examination | 9 |
| 9 | Biology | 1041 |
| 10 | Business Services Examination | 48 |
| 11 | Business Studies | 1291 |
| 12 | Chemistry | 1419 |
| 13 | Chinese Background Speakers | 105 |
| 14 | Chinese Beginners | 12 |
| 15 | Chinese Continuers | 30 |
| 16 | Chinese Extension | 12 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Continuers | 7 |
| 18 | Classical Greek Extension | 5 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 8 |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 17 |
| 21 | Community and Family Studies | 552 |
| 22 | Construction Examination | 1 |
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| 23 | Croatian Continuers | 6 |
| 24 | Dance | 86 |
| 25 | Design and Technology | 318 |
| 26 | Drama | 577 |
| 27 | Dutch Continuers | 3 |
| 28 | Earth and Environmental Science | 110 |
| 29 | Economics | 658 |
| 30 | Electrotechnology Examination | 2 |
| 31 | Engineering Studies | 170 |
| 32 | English (Advanced) | 3426 |
| 33 | English (Standard) | 166 |
| 34 | English as a Second Language | 80 |
| 35 | English Extension 1 | 1316 |
| 36 | English Extension 2 | 466 |
| 37 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 16 |
| 38 | Food Technology | 245 |
| 39 | French Beginners | 125 |
| 40 | French Continuers | 250 |
| 41 | French Extension | 89 |
| 42 | General Mathematics | 1780 |
| 43 | Geography | 363 |
| 44 | German Beginners | 28 |
| 45 | German Continuers | 66 |
| 46 | German Extension | 22 |
| 47 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | 35 |
| 48 | Heritage Japanese | 4 |
| 49 | Heritage Korean | 10 |
| 50 | Hindi Continuers | 8 |
| 51 | History Extension | 372 |
| 52 | Hospitality Examination | 337 |
| 53 | Human Services Examination | 9 |
| 54 | Hungarian Continuers | 6 |
| 55 | Indonesian Background Speakers | 1 |
| 56 | Indonesian Beginners | 9 |
| 57 | Indonesian Continuers | 18 |
| 58 | Indonesian Extension | 8 |
| 59 | Industrial Technology | 436 |
| 60 | Information Processes and Technology | 283 |
| 61 | Information Technology Examination | 25 |
| 62 | Italian Beginners | 55 |
| 63 | Italian Continuers | 60 |
| 64 | Italian Extension | 29 |
| 65 | Japanese Background Speakers | 1 |
| 66 | Japanese Beginners | 101 |
| 67 | Japanese Continuers | 138 |
| 68 | Japanese Extension | 54 |
| 69 | Khmer Continuers | 8 |
| 70 | Korean Background Speakers | 16 |
| 71 | Korean Continuers | 2 |
| 72 | Latin Continuers | 84 |
| 73 | Latin Extension | 77 |
| 74 | Legal Studies | 1008 |
| 75 | Macedonian Continuers | 12 |
| 76 | Mathematics | 3041 |
| 77 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 3176 |
| 78 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1316 |
| 79 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 7 |
| 80 | Modern Greek Beginners | 24 |
| 81 | Modern Greek Continuers | 24 |
| 82 | Modern Greek Extension | 14 |
| 83 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 29 |
| 84 | Modern History | 1220 |
| 85 | Music 1 | 710 |
| 86 | Music 2 | 239 |
| 87 | Music Extension | 273 |
| 88 | Persian Background Speakers | 11 |
| 89 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 936 |
| 90 | Physics | 754 |
| 91 | Polish Continuers | 20 |
| 92 | Primary Industries Examination | 20 |
| 93 | Retail Services Examination | 5 |
| 94 | Russian Background Speakers | 8 |
| 95 | Senior Science | 436 |
| 96 | Serbian Continuers | 7 |
| 97 | Society and Culture | 547 |
| 98 | Software Design and Development | 89 |
| 99 | Spanish Beginners | 31 |
| 100 | Spanish Continuers | 15 |
| 101 | Spanish Extension | 4 |
| 102 | Studies of Religion I | 1073 |
| 103 | Studies of Religion II | 372 |
| 104 | Swedish Continuers | 4 |
| 105 | Tamil Continuers | 6 |
| 106 | Textiles and Design | 309 |
| 107 | Tourism and Events Examination | 12 |
| 108 | Turkish Continuers | 5 |
| 109 | Ukrainian Continuers | 1 |
| 110 | Vietnamese Continuers | 1 |
| 111 | Visual Arts | 1066 |