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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 701 | Physics | Roberts, Sam | 4 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 702 | Physics | Mohan, Vithushan | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 703 | Physics | Wu, Bob | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 704 | Physics | Li, Peiyuan | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 705 | Physics | Vasan, Nikhil | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 706 | Physics | Singh, Prince Gurkirt | 9 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 707 | Physics | Law, Stacey Wing Chee | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 708 | Polish Continuers | Marciszewski, Kasia | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 709 | Polish Continuers | Samolej, Katarzyna | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 710 | Polish Continuers | Florczuk, Katarzyna | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 711 | Polish Continuers | Dobrowolski, Jeremy Konrad | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 712 | Polish Continuers | Sosinski, Czarek | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 713 | Portuguese Continuers | Almeida, Jessica | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 714 | Primary Industries Examination | Fulford, Corinne Vivian | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 715 | Primary Industries Examination | Lee, Emma | 2 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 716 | Primary Industries Examination | Hill, Laura Kate | 3 | Oberon High School | Oberon |
| 717 | Primary Industries Examination | Panhuber, Nicholas | 4 | Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | Calala |
| 718 | Primary Industries Examination | Edwards, Christopher | 5 | St Stanislaus College | Bathurst |
| 719 | Retail Services Examination | Perkins, Ebony Louise | 1 | Kotara High School | Adamstown |
| 720 | Retail Services Examination | Morrissey, Andrew Kevin | 2 | St Marys High School | Casino |
| 721 | Retail Services Examination | Carr, Amy Louise | 3 | James Fallon High School | North Albury |
| 722 | Retail Services Examination | Day, Niamh | 3 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 723 | Retail Services Examination | Bacic, Kristina | 5 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 724 | Retail Services Examination | Nelson, Kirstie Lee | 5 | Chatham High School | Taree |
| 725 | Retail Services Examination | Duong, Lyne | 7 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 726 | Retail Services Examination | Bruce, Kye | 8 | Henry Kendall High School | Gosford |
| 727 | Retail Services Examination | Mach, Steven | 9 | Fairvale High School | Fairfield West |
| 728 | Retail Services Examination | Nguyen, Bao Hoang Anh | 10 | Marrickville High School | Marrickville |
| 729 | Russian Background Speakers | Morozova, Olga | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 730 | Russian Background Speakers | Voloshina, Yulia | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 731 | Russian Background Speakers | Steele, Alain | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 732 | Russian Background Speakers | Donis, Ksenia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 733 | Russian Background Speakers | Gareeva, Anna | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 734 | Senior Science | Vallester, Kimberly Kate | 1 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 735 | Senior Science | Hannan, Morgan Jeffry | 2 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 736 | Senior Science | Chin, Amanda Xhiee | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 737 | Senior Science | Conigrave, Anna | 4 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 738 | Senior Science | Whitehead, Bonnie Rose | 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 739 | Senior Science | Chuor, Vincent | 6 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 740 | Senior Science | Lee, Brian | 7 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 741 | Senior Science | Waite, Jack Daniel | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 742 | Senior Science | Jephcote, Lana D | 9 | Lindisfarne Anglican School | Terranora |
| 743 | Senior Science | Heikkinen, Kieren Edward | 10 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 744 | Serbian Continuers | Djordjevic, Aleksandra | 1 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 745 | Society and Culture | Brierley, Melanie Jayne | 1 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 746 | Society and Culture | Leembruggen, Rachel Ann | 1 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 747 | Society and Culture | Hungerford, Zoe | 3 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 748 | Society and Culture | Wharton, Ruby | 4 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 749 | Society and Culture | Feggans, Tessa Camille | 5 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 750 | Society and Culture | Ferdinands, Brittany | 5 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 751 | Society and Culture | Donovan, Felix William | 7 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 752 | Society and Culture | Li, Rachell Shuang Lei | 7 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 753 | Society and Culture | Kocovski, Philip Makedon | 9 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 754 | Society and Culture | Ye, Jing | 10 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 755 | Software Design and Development | Ende, Jesse | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 756 | Software Design and Development | Gibson, Angus Hugh | 2 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 757 | Software Design and Development | Lam, Jeffrey | 2 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 758 | Software Design and Development | Thew, Brent Aaron | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 759 | Software Design and Development | Kartawardana, Albert | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 760 | Software Design and Development | Phan, Steven | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 761 | Software Design and Development | Campbell, Grace | 7 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 762 | Software Design and Development | Scott, Lachlan | 7 | South Western Sydney Institute Granville Campus | Granville |
| 763 | Software Design and Development | Yeung, Alan | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 764 | Software Design and Development | Harrison, Luke Grant | 10 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 765 | Spanish Beginners | Barnes, Miriam Grace Natascha | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 766 | Spanish Beginners | Esselle, Piyumi Karunanayake | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 767 | Spanish Beginners | Tandy, Erin Ruth | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 768 | Spanish Beginners | Augusto-Rojas, Mauro | 4 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 769 | Spanish Beginners | Cook, Danielle Dorinda | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 770 | Spanish Continuers | Martin, Yanira Tatiana | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 771 | Spanish Continuers | Diez Del Corral Dominguez, Nuria | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 772 | Spanish Continuers | Sanchez, Gabriela | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 773 | Spanish Continuers | Lucero, Katherine | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 774 | Spanish Continuers | Carol Villavedra, Andres | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 775 | Spanish Extension | Sanchez, Gabriela | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 776 | Spanish Extension | Catalan Flores, Alex Patricio | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 777 | Spanish Extension | Diez Del Corral Dominguez, Nuria | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 778 | Studies of Religion I | Rathbone, Amy | 1 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 779 | Studies of Religion I | Lawrence, Rebecca | 2 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 780 | Studies of Religion I | Todd, Jessica Eve | 2 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 781 | Studies of Religion I | Marinozzi, Marc | 4 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 782 | Studies of Religion I | Ngo, David | 4 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 783 | Studies of Religion I | Specker, Lillian | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 784 | Studies of Religion I | Eliatamby, Danielle Sabrina | 7 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 785 | Studies of Religion I | Colgan, John | 8 | St Josephs College | ? |
| 786 | Studies of Religion I | Cowley, Alessandro | 8 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 787 | Studies of Religion I | McDonald, Joseph | 10 | St Josephs College | ? |
| 788 | Studies of Religion II | Winn, Alexander George | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 789 | Studies of Religion II | Liu, Jennifer | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 790 | Studies of Religion II | Flynn, Gemma | 3 | St Patricks College Campbelltown | Campbelltown |
| 791 | Studies of Religion II | Needs, Nicholas | 4 | St Josephs College | ? |
| 792 | Studies of Religion II | Car, Stefanie Marie | 5 | Nagle College | Blacktown |
| 793 | Studies of Religion II | Horder, Bronte | 5 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 794 | Studies of Religion II | Ienna, Sarah | 5 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 795 | Studies of Religion II | Hines, Anna | 8 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 796 | Studies of Religion II | Di Lizia, Fabian Giovanni | 9 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 797 | Studies of Religion II | Scobie, Ellen Margaret | 10 | St Pauls College | ? |
| 798 | Swedish Continuers | Lundberg, Andrea Carolina | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 799 | Swedish Continuers | Huxtable, Annika | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 800 | Swedish Continuers | Grahn, Johanna Lovisa | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |