This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2017.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 76 |
| 2 | Agriculture | 71 |
| 3 | Ancient History | 787 |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | 26 |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | 22 |
| 6 | Armenian Continuers | 6 |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | 13 |
| 8 | Biology | 2179 |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | 72 |
| 10 | Business Studies | 1446 |
| 11 | Chemistry | 1044 |
| 12 | Chinese and Literature | 112 |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | 24 |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | 58 |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | 21 |
| 16 | Chinese in Context | 39 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Continuers | 18 |
| 18 | Classical Greek Extension | 17 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 13 |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 8 |
| 21 | Community and Family Studies | 359 |
| 22 | Construction Examination | 36 |
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| 23 | Croatian Continuers | 4 |
| 24 | Dance | 118 |
| 25 | Design and Technology | 358 |
| 26 | Drama | 605 |
| 27 | Earth and Environmental Science | 113 |
| 28 | Economics | 765 |
| 29 | Electrotechnology Examination | 2 |
| 30 | Engineering Studies | 214 |
| 31 | English (Advanced) | 4079 |
| 32 | English (Standard) | 265 |
| 33 | English as a Second Language | 123 |
| 34 | English Extension 1 | 1298 |
| 35 | English Extension 2 | 344 |
| 36 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 92 |
| 37 | Filipino Continuers | 7 |
| 38 | Financial Services Examination | 4 |
| 39 | Food Technology | 282 |
| 40 | French Beginners | 120 |
| 41 | French Continuers | 178 |
| 42 | French Extension | 66 |
| 43 | Geography | 355 |
| 44 | German Beginners | 48 |
| 45 | German Continuers | 58 |
| 46 | German Extension | 24 |
| 47 | Hindi Continuers | 5 |
| 48 | History Extension | 434 |
| 49 | Hospitality Examination | 182 |
| 50 | Human Services Examination | 14 |
| 51 | Hungarian Continuers | 4 |
| 52 | Indonesian and Literature | 3 |
| 53 | Indonesian Beginners | 14 |
| 54 | Indonesian Continuers | 20 |
| 55 | Indonesian Extension | 4 |
| 56 | Indonesian in Context | 1 |
| 57 | Industrial Technology | 325 |
| 58 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | 18 |
| 59 | Information Processes and Technology | 202 |
| 60 | Italian Beginners | 55 |
| 61 | Italian Continuers | 63 |
| 62 | Italian Extension | 26 |
| 63 | Japanese and Literature | 4 |
| 64 | Japanese Beginners | 118 |
| 65 | Japanese Continuers | 191 |
| 66 | Japanese Extension | 60 |
| 67 | Japanese in Context | 6 |
| 68 | Korean and Literature | 8 |
| 69 | Korean Beginners | 28 |
| 70 | Korean Continuers | 4 |
| 71 | Korean in Context | 31 |
| 72 | Latin Continuers | 83 |
| 73 | Latin Extension | 64 |
| 74 | Legal Studies | 1412 |
| 75 | Macedonian Continuers | 7 |
| 76 | Mathematics | 4017 |
| 77 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 3349 |
| 78 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1082 |
| 79 | Mathematics General 2 | 2164 |
| 80 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 1 |
| 81 | Modern Greek Beginners | 40 |
| 82 | Modern Greek Continuers | 29 |
| 83 | Modern Greek Extension | 23 |
| 84 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 28 |
| 85 | Modern History | 1035 |
| 86 | Music 1 | 975 |
| 87 | Music 2 | 274 |
| 88 | Music Extension | 258 |
| 89 | Persian Background Speakers | 11 |
| 90 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 1398 |
| 91 | Physics | 1028 |
| 92 | Polish Continuers | 9 |
| 93 | Portuguese Continuers | 8 |
| 94 | Primary Industries Examination | 29 |
| 95 | Punjabi Continuers | 3 |
| 96 | Retail Services Examination | 2 |
| 97 | Russian Continuers | 13 |
| 98 | Senior Science | 438 |
| 99 | Serbian Continuers | 6 |
| 100 | Society and Culture | 586 |
| 101 | Software Design and Development | 216 |
| 102 | Spanish Beginners | 34 |
| 103 | Spanish Continuers | 10 |
| 104 | Spanish Extension | 10 |
| 105 | Studies of Religion I | 1401 |
| 106 | Studies of Religion II | 418 |
| 107 | Swedish Continuers | 2 |
| 108 | Tamil Continuers | 13 |
| 109 | Textiles and Design | 203 |
| 110 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | 1 |
| 111 | Turkish Continuers | 11 |
| 112 | Ukrainian Continuers | 1 |
| 113 | Vietnamese Continuers | 17 |
| 114 | Visual Arts | 1156 |