This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2016.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 45 |
| 2 | Agriculture | 102 |
| 3 | Ancient History | 823 |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | 24 |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | 13 |
| 6 | Armenian Continuers | 2 |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | 10 |
| 8 | Biology | 1555 |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | 41 |
| 10 | Business Studies | 1528 |
| 11 | Chemistry | 1024 |
| 12 | Chinese Background Speakers | 96 |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | 11 |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | 44 |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | 21 |
| 16 | Classical Greek Continuers | 12 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Extension | 11 |
| 18 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 9 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 14 |
| 20 | Community and Family Studies | 410 |
| 21 | Construction Examination | 20 |
| 22 | Croatian Continuers | 3 |
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| 23 | Dance | 83 |
| 24 | Design and Technology | 401 |
| 25 | Drama | 678 |
| 26 | Dutch Continuers | 2 |
| 27 | Earth and Environmental Science | 104 |
| 28 | Economics | 723 |
| 29 | Electrotechnology Examination | 3 |
| 30 | Engineering Studies | 219 |
| 31 | English (Advanced) | 4018 |
| 32 | English (Standard) | 269 |
| 33 | English as a Second Language | 109 |
| 34 | English Extension 1 | 1541 |
| 35 | English Extension 2 | 294 |
| 36 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 55 |
| 37 | Filipino Continuers | 3 |
| 38 | Financial Services Examination | 5 |
| 39 | Food Technology | 244 |
| 40 | French Beginners | 134 |
| 41 | French Continuers | 232 |
| 42 | French Extension | 73 |
| 43 | Geography | 361 |
| 44 | German Beginners | 38 |
| 45 | German Continuers | 57 |
| 46 | German Extension | 19 |
| 47 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | 36 |
| 48 | Heritage Indonesian | 1 |
| 49 | Heritage Japanese | 10 |
| 50 | Heritage Korean | 35 |
| 51 | Hindi Continuers | 8 |
| 52 | History Extension | 402 |
| 53 | Hospitality Examination | 183 |
| 54 | Human Services Examination | 9 |
| 55 | Hungarian Continuers | 2 |
| 56 | Indonesian Background Speakers | 2 |
| 57 | Indonesian Beginners | 9 |
| 58 | Indonesian Continuers | 16 |
| 59 | Indonesian Extension | 1 |
| 60 | Industrial Technology | 407 |
| 61 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | 11 |
| 62 | Information Processes and Technology | 194 |
| 63 | Italian Beginners | 65 |
| 64 | Italian Continuers | 58 |
| 65 | Italian Extension | 23 |
| 66 | Japanese Background Speakers | 8 |
| 67 | Japanese Beginners | 117 |
| 68 | Japanese Continuers | 149 |
| 69 | Japanese Extension | 64 |
| 70 | Korean Background Speakers | 7 |
| 71 | Korean Continuers | 10 |
| 72 | Latin Continuers | 80 |
| 73 | Latin Extension | 80 |
| 74 | Legal Studies | 1257 |
| 75 | Macedonian Continuers | 9 |
| 76 | Maltese Continuers | 1 |
| 77 | Mathematics | 3742 |
| 78 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 2872 |
| 79 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1042 |
| 80 | Mathematics General 2 | 1706 |
| 81 | Modern Greek Beginners | 32 |
| 82 | Modern Greek Continuers | 29 |
| 83 | Modern Greek Extension | 27 |
| 84 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 30 |
| 85 | Modern History | 1014 |
| 86 | Music 1 | 865 |
| 87 | Music 2 | 247 |
| 88 | Music Extension | 235 |
| 89 | Persian Background Speakers | 14 |
| 90 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 1740 |
| 91 | Physics | 767 |
| 92 | Polish Continuers | 14 |
| 93 | Portuguese Continuers | 3 |
| 94 | Primary Industries Examination | 18 |
| 95 | Punjabi Continuers | 3 |
| 96 | Retail Services Examination | 4 |
| 97 | Russian Continuers | 22 |
| 98 | Senior Science | 425 |
| 99 | Serbian Continuers | 6 |
| 100 | Society and Culture | 637 |
| 101 | Software Design and Development | 201 |
| 102 | Spanish Beginners | 17 |
| 103 | Spanish Continuers | 10 |
| 104 | Spanish Extension | 5 |
| 105 | Studies of Religion I | 1208 |
| 106 | Studies of Religion II | 581 |
| 107 | Tamil Continuers | 9 |
| 108 | Textiles and Design | 233 |
| 109 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | 3 |
| 110 | Turkish Continuers | 12 |
| 111 | Ukrainian Continuers | 4 |
| 112 | Vietnamese Continuers | 4 |
| 113 | Visual Arts | 1261 |