This report shows the 2007 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
| 1 | Modern History | Swain, Daniel | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 2 | Modern History | Belinfante, Joshua | 2 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
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| 3 | Modern History | Balasubramanian, Neshevida | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 4 | Modern History | Baine, Julia | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 5 | Modern History | Kesa, Ingrid | 5 | Bishop Druitt College | Coffs Harbour |
| 6 | Modern History | Burton, Anthea | 6 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 7 | Modern History | Bachmann, Hugh Alexander | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 8 | Modern History | Bates, Sarah | 8 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 9 | Modern History | Sekhar, Hariharan | 9 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 10 | Modern History | Lee, Eunice Poh-Keen | 10 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 11 | Modern History | Seidler, David | 10 | Moriah College | Queens Park |