This report shows the 2008 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.
| 101 | Business Studies | Voudouris, Natasha | 14 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 102 | Business Studies | Narayan, Joti | 15 | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
| 103 | Business Studies | Sharah, Katherine | 16 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 104 | Business Studies | Kingston, Charles Samuel | 17 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 105 | Business Studies | Melouney, James Raymond | 18 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 106 | Business Studies | Govil, Shantanu | 19 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 107 | Business Studies | Yap, Aaron Ian Shing | 20 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 108 | Chemistry | Zhang, Christine Shaoning | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 109 | Chemistry | Wong, Wai Yin Jason | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 110 | Chemistry | Singh, Kamal Parkash | 3 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
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| 111 | Chemistry | Clifton, Benjamin Edward | 4 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 112 | Chemistry | Banh, Caroline | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 113 | Chemistry | Chan, Victor Wingtak | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 114 | Chemistry | Xu, James Shengjie | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 115 | Chemistry | Chan, Jowa Cho Wa | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 116 | Chemistry | Pham, David | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 117 | Chemistry | Chim, Daniel | 10 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 118 | Chemistry | Magdy, Joseph | 10 | St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College | Rockdale |
| 119 | Chemistry | Mason, Alexander | 12 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 120 | Chemistry | Luk, Jeremy Pak Yan | 13 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 121 | Chemistry | Ng, Jason Chun-Wai | 13 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 122 | Chemistry | Vijayakumar, Daniel Naveen | 13 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 123 | Chemistry | La, Steven | 16 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 124 | Chemistry | Lee, Lydia Sang Eun | 17 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 125 | Chemistry | She, Hoi Shu David | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 126 | Chemistry | Wong, Nathan Kum Pang | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 127 | Chemistry | Gupta, Sunil | 20 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 128 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhao, Zhi Fan | 1 | Meridian College Pty Ltd | Surry Hills |
| 129 | Chinese Background Speakers | He, Yanting | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 130 | Chinese Background Speakers | Huang, Fei Xiao (Nancy) | 3 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 131 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhang, Wen Qing (Manchi) | 4 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 132 | Chinese Background Speakers | Liu, Shu (Shelly) | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 133 | Chinese Background Speakers | Meng, Hai Xin | 6 | Taylors College | Waterloo |
| 134 | Chinese Background Speakers | Xu, Jie (Angela) | 7 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 135 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhao, Jieyu | 8 | Taylors College | Waterloo |
| 136 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhu, Kai Ying | 8 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 137 | Chinese Background Speakers | Yu, Yue | 10 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 138 | Chinese Beginners | Waks, Shifra | 1 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 139 | Chinese Beginners | Tse, Gaspar Haw Tyng | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 140 | Chinese Beginners | Kim, Do A | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 141 | Chinese Beginners | Wen, Gong | 4 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 142 | Chinese Beginners | Yuwono, Edward | 5 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 143 | Chinese Continuers | Hu, Hillary | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 144 | Chinese Continuers | Barry, Matthew Paul | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 145 | Chinese Continuers | Hu, Hannah | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 146 | Chinese Continuers | Cheung, Jessica | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 147 | Chinese Continuers | Ho, Carmen | 5 | Kingsgrove North High School | Kingsgrove |
| 148 | Chinese Extension | Hu, Hillary | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 149 | Chinese Extension | Jiang, Jenny Yi | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 150 | Chinese Extension | Qi, Angela Liuhui | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |