This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2023.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 100 |
| 2 | Agriculture | 148 |
| 3 | Ancient History | 621 |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | 32 |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | 20 |
| 6 | Armenian Continuers | 7 |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | 6 |
| 8 | Biology | 1614 |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | 25 |
| 10 | Business Studies | 2132 |
| 11 | Chemistry | 1228 |
| 12 | Chinese and Literature | 56 |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | 11 |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | 80 |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | 36 |
| 16 | Chinese in Context | 82 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Continuers | 9 |
| 18 | Classical Greek Extension | 6 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 6 |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 7 |
| 21 | Community and Family Studies | 527 |
| 22 | Construction Examination | 83 |
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| 23 | Croatian Continuers | 2 |
| 24 | Dance | 131 |
| 25 | Design and Technology | 462 |
| 26 | Drama | 716 |
| 27 | Dutch Continuers | 3 |
| 28 | Earth and Environmental Science | 188 |
| 29 | Economics | 722 |
| 30 | Electrotechnology Examination | 8 |
| 31 | Engineering Studies | 225 |
| 32 | English Advanced | 3462 |
| 33 | English EAL/D | 60 |
| 34 | English Extension 1 | 1504 |
| 35 | English Extension 2 | 408 |
| 36 | English Standard | 99 |
| 37 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 108 |
| 38 | Filipino Continuers | 2 |
| 39 | Financial Services Examination | 6 |
| 40 | Food Technology | 253 |
| 41 | French Beginners | 64 |
| 42 | French Continuers | 130 |
| 43 | French Extension | 20 |
| 44 | Geography | 399 |
| 45 | German Beginners | 22 |
| 46 | German Continuers | 43 |
| 47 | German Extension | 24 |
| 48 | Hindi Continuers | 16 |
| 49 | History Extension | 456 |
| 50 | Hospitality Examination | 263 |
| 51 | Human Services Examination | 14 |
| 52 | Hungarian Continuers | 6 |
| 53 | Indonesian and Literature | 2 |
| 54 | Indonesian Beginners | 8 |
| 55 | Indonesian Continuers | 18 |
| 56 | Indonesian Extension | 2 |
| 57 | Industrial Technology | 443 |
| 58 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | 24 |
| 59 | Information Processes and Technology | 118 |
| 60 | Investigating Science | 214 |
| 61 | Italian Beginners | 46 |
| 62 | Italian Continuers | 44 |
| 63 | Italian Extension | 16 |
| 64 | Japanese Beginners | 59 |
| 65 | Japanese Continuers | 153 |
| 66 | Japanese Extension | 73 |
| 67 | Japanese in Context | 18 |
| 68 | Khmer Continuers | 4 |
| 69 | Korean and Literature | 14 |
| 70 | Korean Beginners | 28 |
| 71 | Korean Continuers | 5 |
| 72 | Korean in Context | 37 |
| 73 | Latin Continuers | 73 |
| 74 | Latin Extension | 74 |
| 75 | Legal Studies | 1431 |
| 76 | Macedonian Continuers | 3 |
| 77 | Mathematics Advanced | 3672 |
| 78 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 2875 |
| 79 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1238 |
| 80 | Mathematics Standard 1 Examination | 53 |
| 81 | Mathematics Standard 2 | 2839 |
| 82 | Modern Greek Beginners | 39 |
| 83 | Modern Greek Continuers | 31 |
| 84 | Modern Greek Extension | 10 |
| 85 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 16 |
| 86 | Modern History | 1074 |
| 87 | Music 1 | 993 |
| 88 | Music 2 | 253 |
| 89 | Music Extension | 272 |
| 90 | Persian Continuers | 11 |
| 91 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 1086 |
| 92 | Physics | 1038 |
| 93 | Polish Continuers | 12 |
| 94 | Portuguese Continuers | 5 |
| 95 | Primary Industries Examination | 12 |
| 96 | Punjabi Continuers | 6 |
| 97 | Retail Services Examination | 17 |
| 98 | Russian Continuers | 17 |
| 99 | Science Extension | 57 |
| 100 | Serbian Continuers | 16 |
| 101 | Society and Culture | 587 |
| 102 | Software Design and Development | 200 |
| 103 | Spanish Beginners | 45 |
| 104 | Spanish Continuers | 27 |
| 105 | Spanish Extension | 18 |
| 106 | Studies of Religion I | 1146 |
| 107 | Studies of Religion II | 620 |
| 108 | Swedish Continuers | 6 |
| 109 | Tamil Continuers | 26 |
| 110 | Textiles and Design | 232 |
| 111 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | 2 |
| 112 | Turkish Continuers | 15 |
| 113 | Vietnamese Continuers | 6 |
| 114 | Visual Arts | 1600 |