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.
| 301 | English (Standard) | Frig, Stephanie | 18 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 302 | English (Standard) | Pemberton, Nathaniel | 19 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 303 | English (Standard) | Curby, Suzannah | 20 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 304 | English as a Second Language | Marar, Satyajeet Ramdas | 1 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 305 | English as a Second Language | Ho, Hoang Son | 2 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 306 | English as a Second Language | Nie, Jun Yu Adam | 3 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 307 | English as a Second Language | Xu, Kang Ning | 4 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 308 | English as a Second Language | Ma, Zhi Yuan | 5 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 309 | English as a Second Language | Gana, Debbie | 6 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
| 310 | English as a Second Language | Ridzwan, Dina Eliza | 7 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
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| 311 | English as a Second Language | Truong, Manh Tue | 8 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 312 | English as a Second Language | Ng, Chien Yee | 9 | Holroyd High School | Greystanes |
| 313 | English as a Second Language | Tasneem, Sijjal | 10 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 314 | English Extension 1 | Wu, Bob | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 315 | English Extension 1 | Peres, Penelope | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 316 | English Extension 1 | Dissanayake, Hashani Chathuri Kumari | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 317 | English Extension 1 | Ennever, Kallie Alexandra | 4 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 318 | English Extension 1 | Bowmer, Megan | 5 | Mount Carmel Catholic High School | Varroville |
| 319 | English Extension 1 | Flick, Marnie | 6 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 320 | English Extension 1 | Kaye, Jessica | 7 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 321 | English Extension 1 | Glanz, Jessica | 8 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 322 | English Extension 1 | Nguyen-Yanai, Kyoko | 9 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 323 | English Extension 1 | Gottlieb, Madeleine | 10 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 324 | English Extension 2 | Gottlieb, Madeleine | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 325 | English Extension 2 | Walsh, Peter | 2 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 326 | English Extension 2 | Car, Stefanie Marie | 3 | Nagle College | Blacktown |
| 327 | English Extension 2 | Vayani-Lai, Saba | 3 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 328 | English Extension 2 | Overton, Caitlin | 5 | Wagga Wagga High School | Wagga Wagga |
| 329 | English Extension 2 | Papadimatos, Danny | 6 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 330 | English Extension 2 | Newton, Scott Patrick O'Neill | 7 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 331 | English Extension 2 | Gilabert, Violeta Linda | 8 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 332 | English Extension 2 | Riches, Emily | 9 | Mullumbimby High School | Mullumbimby |
| 333 | English Extension 2 | Sharma, Varun | 10 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 334 | Entertainment Industry Examination | O'Brien, Conor David | 1 | Toormina High School | Toormina |
| 335 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Licciardello, Carissa | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 336 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Van De Mortel, Callum | 3 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 337 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Leembruggen, Rachel Ann | 4 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 338 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Benn, Sarah Mary | 5 | Bowral High School | Bowral |
| 339 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Joni | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 340 | Filipino Continuers | Dela Pena, Chevy | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 341 | Food Technology | Le, Vicki | 1 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 342 | Food Technology | Asprey, Billie Jane | 2 | Lake Munmorah High School | Lake Munmorah |
| 343 | Food Technology | Thomson, Stephanie Joan | 3 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 344 | Food Technology | Langley, Stephen William | 4 | Muswellbrook High School | Muswellbrook |
| 345 | Food Technology | Rathbone, Amy | 4 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 346 | Food Technology | Sukkar, Clarissa | 6 | Bethlehem College | Ashfield |
| 347 | Food Technology | Matthews, Sarah | 7 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 348 | Food Technology | Loo, Huai Li | 8 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 349 | Food Technology | Gawthorne, Jonathan | 9 | Sutherland Shire Christian School | Barden Ridge |
| 350 | Food Technology | Saldevar, Isabel | 10 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |