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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 601 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Wickett-Rooke, Brandon | 2 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 602 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Allen, Tony Scott | 3 | St Francis De Sales Regional College | Leeton |
| 603 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Brown, Angus John | 3 | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 604 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Vogel, Joshua | 3 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 605 | Modern Greek Beginners | Zinonos, Leah | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 606 | Modern Greek Beginners | Elich, Christine Menka | 2 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 607 | Modern Greek Beginners | Papantoniou, Katerina | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 608 | Modern Greek Beginners | Voulgarakis, Constantino Nicholas | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 609 | Modern Greek Beginners | Asvestas, Valentene | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Merewether Campus | Broadmeadow |
| 610 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kambouraki, Eleftheria | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 611 | Modern Greek Continuers | Papapostolou, Helena | 2 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 612 | Modern Greek Continuers | Tsaridis, Julia | 3 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 613 | Modern Greek Continuers | Hronopoulos, Chryssanthe | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 614 | Modern Greek Continuers | Arsenis, Christos | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 615 | Modern Greek Extension | Tsiknas-Kazantzis, Eleonora | 1 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 616 | Modern Greek Extension | Giannopoulos, Dimitrios | 2 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 617 | Modern Greek Extension | Psarommatis, Irene | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 618 | Modern Greek Extension | Balayannis, Evangelia Leah | 4 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 619 | Modern Greek Extension | Zervos, Neophyta | 5 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 620 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Kempler, Elise | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 621 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Tobias, Katherine | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 622 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Shaw, Avigail | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 623 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Michael, Sarit | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 624 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Solomon, Moushka | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 625 | Modern History | Thomas, Amy | 1 | Trinity Anglican College Albury | Thurgoona |
| 626 | Modern History | Johnston, Isabella Rose | 2 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 627 | Modern History | Christensen, Tiernan Sam Jacobson | 3 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 628 | Modern History | Gopalani, Ansh | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 629 | Modern History | Platt, Alex Lee | 5 | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 630 | Modern History | Wang, Zi Zhou Matthew | 6 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 631 | Modern History | Dixon-Smith, Imogen Kate | 7 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 632 | Modern History | Soo, Benjamin | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 633 | Modern History | Farmakis, Thomas | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 634 | Modern History | Robertson, Mairi Aileen | 10 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 635 | Modern History | Ingham, Julian Patrick | 11 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 636 | Modern History | Donovan, Felix William | 12 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 637 | Modern History | McAtee, Kate | 12 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 638 | Modern History | Davis, Ione Tommasin | 14 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 639 | Modern History | Rowe, Mark William | 14 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 640 | Modern History | Sharpe, Bridget Elizabeth | 16 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 641 | Modern History | Vickers, Dominic James | 17 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 642 | Modern History | Goldie, John Dunlop | 18 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 643 | Modern History | Brennan, Jonathan Roger | 19 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 644 | Modern History | Bersten, Amy Elizabeth | 20 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 645 | Music 1 | Geraghty, Andrew | 1 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 646 | Music 1 | Harrison, Sebastian | 2 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 647 | Music 1 | Lyons, William Joseph | 3 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 648 | Music 1 | Bratton, Dominique | 4 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 649 | Music 1 | Wilson, Alexander Francis | 5 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 650 | Music 1 | Morrison, Samuel Albert | 6 | Springwood High School | Faulconbridge |
| 651 | Music 1 | Barden, Georgia Emily Maree | 7 | Narrabri High School | Narrabri |
| 652 | Music 1 | McNamara, Simon | 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 653 | Music 1 | Sridhar, Harita Lakshmi Savitri | 9 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 654 | Music 1 | Davis, Ryan | 10 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 655 | Music 2 | Sun, Jessica | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 656 | Music 2 | Kim, Yeji | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 657 | Music 2 | Witham, Chelsea | 3 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 658 | Music 2 | Townsend, Lisa | 4 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 659 | Music 2 | Lo, Charmaine | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 660 | Music Extension | Sun, Jessica | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 661 | Music Extension | Kim, Yeji | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 662 | Music Extension | Lo, Charmaine | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 663 | Music Extension | Townsend, Lisa | 3 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 664 | Music Extension | Aitcheson, Lauren | 5 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 665 | Music Extension | Bekes, Jonathan | 5 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 666 | Music Extension | Della Marta, Nicholas | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 667 | Music Extension | Sahagian, Alex | 5 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 668 | Persian Background Speakers | Athari, Seyed Kavan | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 669 | Persian Background Speakers | Mostajabi, Nava | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 670 | Persian Background Speakers | Parchi Zadeh, Niloufar | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 671 | Persian Background Speakers | Meshgini, Niloofar | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 672 | Persian Background Speakers | Al Fatlawy, Layla | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 673 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Tynan, Dominique | 1 | Nowra Anglican College | Bomaderry |
| 674 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fung, Zali | 2 | Mullumbimby High School | Mullumbimby |
| 675 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Aramayo, Lewis Michael | 3 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 676 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Nguyen, Michelle Kim Thien | 4 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 677 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Yiannakopoulos, Natalie | 5 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 678 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Levin, Kumbelin Rose | 6 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville |
| 679 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Battese, Emily | 7 | St Johns College | ? |
| 680 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Lewis, Richard Charles | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 681 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Freeman, Georgia | 9 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 682 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Marvin, Louise | 9 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 683 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | O'Neill, Rosanna | 11 | Oxley High School | North Tamworth |
| 684 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | McGuirk, Lucy Claire | 12 | Quirindi High School | Quirindi |
| 685 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Rao, Apoorva | 13 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 686 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Smith, Hannah Jane | 14 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 687 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Willis-Craig, Phoebe Jules | 15 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 688 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Cole, Joshua David | 16 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 689 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Granata, Adele | 16 | Northholm Grammar School | Arcadia |
| 690 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Andriolo, Melanie | 18 | The McDonald College | North Strathfield |
| 691 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Chalmers, Lucy | 18 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 692 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Pagano, Lisa Gemma | 18 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 693 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Greer, Madeline Sue | 1 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 694 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Tsang, Erica | 2 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 695 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Goldman, Michael | 3 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 696 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Wilkinson, Hayden | 3 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 697 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Flick, Marnie | 5 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 698 | Physics | Hui, Juyao | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 699 | Physics | Chow, Wallace Wai-Kim | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 700 | Physics | To, Lennox Chun-Chai | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |