This report shows the 2010 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.
| 401 | German Continuers | Pohl, Jessica Nadine | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 402 | German Continuers | Goldmann, Johannes | 2 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 403 | German Continuers | Maier, Daniela Eleonore | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 404 | German Continuers | Rowe, Mark William | 4 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 405 | German Continuers | Cohen, Meta Barbara | 5 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 406 | German Extension | Rowe, Mark William | 1 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 407 | German Extension | Pattinson, Robert Edward | 2 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 408 | German Extension | Cole, Freya Louise | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 409 | German Extension | Maier, Daniela Eleonore | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 410 | German Extension | Durrant-Whyte, William Hugh | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 411 | History Extension | Konstandopoulos, Stephanie | 1 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 412 | History Extension | Whitehead, Bonnie Rose | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 413 | History Extension | Colless, Anna Wynn | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 414 | History Extension | Christensen, Tiernan Sam Jacobson | 4 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 415 | History Extension | Farrell, Samuel Patrick | 5 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 416 | History Extension | Farmakis, Thomas | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 417 | History Extension | Moore, Ellen Josephine Elizabeth | 7 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 418 | History Extension | McNamara, Michael Anthony | 8 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 419 | History Extension | Murray, Samuel | 9 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 420 | History Extension | Scott, Georgia Alexandra | 10 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 421 | Hospitality Examination | Khoury, Aimee | 1 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 422 | Hospitality Examination | Giddy, Alana | 2 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 423 | Hospitality Examination | Pleasance, Teghan Jade | 3 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 424 | Hospitality Examination | Spencer, Nicole | 4 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 425 | Hospitality Examination | Cain, Lauren | 5 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 426 | Hospitality Examination | Beasley, Allyssa Jayne | 6 | Eden Marine High School | Eden |
| 427 | Hospitality Examination | Bourke, Nicola | 7 | St Clares High School | Taree |
| 428 | Hospitality Examination | Pearce, Bronte Greta | 8 | Duval High School | Armidale |
| 429 | Hospitality Examination | Edwards, Ashley | 9 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 430 | Hospitality Examination | Minnis, Kate | 9 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 431 | Hungarian Continuers | Zsigoszki, Lilian Viktoria | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 432 | Hungarian Continuers | Benedek, Ingrid | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 433 | Hungarian Continuers | Remai, Eniko | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 434 | Indonesian Background Speakers | Hadiputro, Gloria | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 435 | Indonesian Beginners | White, Samantha Lee | 1 | St John The Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra |
| 436 | Indonesian Beginners | Kim, Elizabeth Mijin | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 437 | Indonesian Beginners | Stewart, Carly | 3 | Mullumbimby High School | Mullumbimby |
| 438 | Indonesian Beginners | Lui, Chi-Hay Angus | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 439 | Indonesian Beginners | Nelson, Alice | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 440 | Indonesian Continuers | O'Mara, Joseph | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
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| 441 | Indonesian Continuers | Elliott Phibbs, Indigo | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 442 | Indonesian Continuers | Luo, Ivan Tseng | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 443 | Indonesian Continuers | Theodorakopoulos, Stamatina | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 444 | Indonesian Continuers | Lu, Lucia Xiya | 5 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 445 | Indonesian Extension | O'Mara, Joseph | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 446 | Indonesian Extension | Elliott Phibbs, Indigo | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 447 | Indonesian Extension | Luo, Ivan Tseng | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 448 | Indonesian Extension | Hulse, Emma Elizabeth | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 449 | Indonesian Extension | Lewis, Claudia | 5 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 450 | Industrial Technology | Waterson, Bradley Harold | 1 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 451 | Industrial Technology | McCreanor, Thomas | 2 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 452 | Industrial Technology | Henwood, Dale | 3 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 453 | Industrial Technology | Brewer, Ryan Lance | 4 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 454 | Industrial Technology | Rhodes, Thomas Andrew | 4 | Lithgow High School | Lithgow |
| 455 | Industrial Technology | Hooley, Andrew | 6 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 456 | Industrial Technology | Morelli, Marc James | 7 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 457 | Industrial Technology | Rofe, Billy | 7 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 458 | Industrial Technology | Sokolnikoff, Andrew Gregory Serge | 9 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 459 | Industrial Technology | Ha, Amy | 10 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 460 | Information Processes and Technology | Rong, Anne Tianran | 1 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 461 | Information Processes and Technology | Cameron, Amy | 2 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 462 | Information Processes and Technology | Kumar, Praneel | 3 | John Edmondson High School | Horningsea Park |
| 463 | Information Processes and Technology | Riosa, Blake Andrew | 4 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 464 | Information Processes and Technology | Chan, Andrew Chi Hang | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 465 | Information Processes and Technology | Ennever, Kallie Alexandra | 6 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 466 | Information Processes and Technology | Lor, Patricia | 7 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 467 | Information Processes and Technology | Hudson, Emily | 8 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 468 | Information Processes and Technology | Jacobson, Michael | 9 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 469 | Information Processes and Technology | Rullo, Laura-Marie | 10 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 470 | Information Technology Examination | Ezzy, David | 1 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 471 | Information Technology Examination | Johnson, Taylor Robert | 2 | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 472 | Information Technology Examination | Hoffman, Andrew | 3 | Woodenbong Central School | Woodenbong |
| 473 | Information Technology Examination | Panigiris, Dion | 4 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 474 | Information Technology Examination | Hannaway, Mohamad Akram | 5 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 475 | Information Technology Examination | Kamel, Abanoub | 6 | Wyong High School | Wyong |
| 476 | Information Technology Examination | Baxter, Samuel | 7 | Hunter Institute Wyong Campus | Wyong |
| 477 | Information Technology Examination | Hawkins, Jacob Brian | 7 | Western Sydney Institute Blue Mountains Campus | Wentworth Falls |
| 478 | Information Technology Examination | McLennan, Benjamin David | 7 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 479 | Information Technology Examination | Huynh, Christopher | 10 | St Johns Park High School | St Johns Park |
| 480 | Information Technology Examination | Mowen, Jack Joseph | 10 | William Carey Christian School | Prestons |
| 481 | Information Technology Examination | Power, Hannah Frances | 10 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 482 | Information Technology Examination | Tang, Arnold | 10 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 483 | Information Technology Examination | Wilson, Stewart | 10 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 484 | Italian Beginners | Chan, Vivienne | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 485 | Italian Beginners | Chhabra, Jasmine Jill | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 486 | Italian Beginners | Sarjeant, Lauren | 3 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 487 | Italian Beginners | Coleman, Adelaide | 4 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 488 | Italian Beginners | Pryce, Chloe | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 489 | Italian Continuers | Puglisi, Giancarlo | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 490 | Italian Continuers | Youssef, Isabelle Mary | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 491 | Italian Continuers | Selby, Joel | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 492 | Italian Continuers | Daniell, Isolde | 4 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 493 | Italian Continuers | Belgiorno-Nettis, Matteo | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 494 | Italian Extension | Daniell, Isolde | 1 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 495 | Italian Extension | Selby, Joel | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 496 | Italian Extension | Saul, Gabriel | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 497 | Italian Extension | Belgiorno-Nettis, Matteo | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 498 | Italian Extension | Sgroi, Sarah Kathleen | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 499 | Japanese Background Speakers | Ozu, Yukie | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 500 | Japanese Background Speakers | Irie, Misa | 2 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 501 | Japanese Background Speakers | Hosogaya, Toshiyuki | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 502 | Japanese Background Speakers | Isaji, Takayuki | 4 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 503 | Japanese Background Speakers | Gunji, Momoko | 5 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 504 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Su Eun | 1 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 505 | Japanese Beginners | Han, Eric Gun Hee | 2 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 506 | Japanese Beginners | Fu, Cong (Angela) | 3 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 507 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Jessica | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 508 | Japanese Beginners | To, Pui Ting | 5 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 509 | Japanese Continuers | Lim, Hee Yeon | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 510 | Japanese Continuers | Kim, Ji Hyeon | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 511 | Japanese Continuers | Oh, Sun-Min | 3 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 512 | Japanese Continuers | Ma, Ji Eun Christina | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 513 | Japanese Continuers | Diaz, James | 5 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 514 | Japanese Extension | Kim, Shina Hannah | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 515 | Japanese Extension | Zhou, Wei Grace | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 516 | Japanese Extension | An, Jae-Min | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 517 | Japanese Extension | Sen, Rida | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 518 | Japanese Extension | Kim, Ji Hyeon | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 519 | Khmer Continuers | Tang, Vanty | 1 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 520 | Khmer Continuers | Thai, Kim Eng | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 521 | Khmer Continuers | Ung, Sok Khim | 3 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 522 | Khmer Continuers | Khov, Nayheang | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 523 | Korean Background Speakers | Choi, Hye Ji | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 524 | Korean Background Speakers | Baek, Tiffany Sang-ah | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 525 | Korean Background Speakers | Choi, Ji Ye | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 526 | Korean Background Speakers | Kim, Ja Woon | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 527 | Korean Background Speakers | Han, Song I | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 528 | Korean Continuers | Lee, Samuel (Chung Hyun) | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 529 | Korean Continuers | Won, Minna Danica | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 530 | Korean Continuers | Lee, Mun Hwan | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 531 | Korean Continuers | Cho, Hyein | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 532 | Latin Continuers | Farinha, Daniel | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 533 | Latin Continuers | Johnston, Alistair Robert | 2 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 534 | Latin Continuers | Bergfield, James | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 535 | Latin Continuers | Shah, Saumil | 3 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 536 | Latin Continuers | Coorey, Timothy | 5 | St Josephs College | ? |
| 537 | Latin Extension | Farinha, Daniel | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 538 | Latin Extension | Murray, Samuel | 2 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 539 | Latin Extension | Tang, Cyril | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 540 | Latin Extension | Johnston, Alistair Robert | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 541 | Latin Extension | Lim, Michelle | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Farmakis, Thomas | 1 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Hodgson, Natalie | 2 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Margelis, Luke | 3 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Parker, Rhiannon | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Broune, Timothy Ronald | 5 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Meikle, Georgina | 6 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Popovic, Ilaria | 6 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Sutton, Joshua | 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Chetty, Sivashna | 9 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 551 | Legal Studies | Youssef, Isabelle Mary | 10 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 552 | Macedonian Continuers | Trajkovska, Martina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 553 | Macedonian Continuers | Voinovska, Viktorija | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 554 | Macedonian Continuers | Kocovski, Philip Makedon | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 555 | Macedonian Continuers | Pavlovska, Marija | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 556 | Macedonian Continuers | Stepanovska, Stefani | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 557 | Mathematics | Teo, Shawn Kum Yuan | 1 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 558 | Mathematics | Yap, Wen Yi Evelyn | 2 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 559 | Mathematics | Wei, Max Chang Ting | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 560 | Mathematics | Kim, Dennis Daehwan | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 561 | Mathematics | Zovaro, Anna Mary | 5 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 562 | Mathematics | Bullen, Samuel Joseph | 6 | The Armidale School | Armidale |
| 563 | Mathematics | Hanssen, Benjamin | 6 | St John Paul II Catholic College Nirimba | Nirimba Fields |
| 564 | Mathematics | Lee, Bonnie | 6 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 565 | Mathematics | Park, Ha Yong | 6 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 566 | Mathematics | Whitaker, Thomas Grieve | 6 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 567 | Mathematics | Huang, Billy Bing Qi | 11 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 568 | Mathematics | Kertapati, Peter | 12 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 569 | Mathematics | Cutmore, Brodie | 13 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 570 | Mathematics | Egan, Nicholas | 13 | St Edwards Christian Brothers College | East Gosford |
| 571 | Mathematics | Hidajat, Cecilia | 13 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 572 | Mathematics | Nheu, Katherine | 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 573 | Mathematics | Pegler, Natasha Rose | 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 574 | Mathematics | Luo, Elaine Ning | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 575 | Mathematics | Wang, (Lucy) Meng Qi | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 576 | Mathematics | Mok, Jonathan | 20 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 577 | Mathematics | Wonders, Lauren | 20 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 578 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Jiang, James Yuheng | 1 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 579 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Law, Stacey Wing Chee | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 580 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Xie, Ashleigh | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 581 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhang, James Yi | 1 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 582 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Guan, Yunxiang | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 583 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Bunting, Alexander Brett | 6 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 584 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lee, Kevin Shen Yee | 6 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 585 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wang, Bingquan | 6 | Ashfield Boys High School | Ashfield |
| 586 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chow, Wallace Wai-Kim | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 587 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Hoang, Kevin Thien Anh | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 588 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ling, Jingwei Gene | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 589 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Xie, Min (Mikey) | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 590 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Law, Stacey Wing Chee | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 2 | de Silva, Raveen Daminda | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Jiang, James Yuheng | 3 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Chow, Wallace Wai-Kim | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Guan, Yunxiang | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Nindra, Udit | 6 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Wang, William Jiaen | 7 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 2 | An, Vincent | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Nguyen, John Doan | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Wilkie, Oscar | 10 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 600 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Schipp, Adam | 1 | The Riverina Anglican College | Wagga Wagga |