This report shows the 2013 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 | Information Technology Examination | Emmerson-Franke, Ramsay | 7 | Gymea Technology High School | Gymea |
| 502 | Information Technology Examination | Gachelin, Lachlan Winston | 8 | Western Sydney Institute Nirimba College | Quakers Hill |
| 503 | Information Technology Examination | Girn, Gurpal | 8 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 504 | Information Technology Examination | Lau, Julian | 8 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 505 | Information Technology Examination | Wallace, Mitchell | 8 | Avondale School | Cooranbong |
| 506 | Information Technology Examination | Wang, Max | 8 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 507 | Italian Beginners | La Martina, Simone Grace | 1 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 508 | Italian Beginners | Yeung, Chantelle | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 509 | Italian Beginners | Deans, Sophie Ellen | 3 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 510 | Italian Beginners | Middleton, Charlotte | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 511 | Italian Beginners | Ramsay, Christina Lauren | 5 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 512 | Italian Continuers | Curtis, Ruby Madeleine | 1 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 513 | Italian Continuers | Fitzpatrick, John | 2 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 514 | Italian Continuers | Packer, Lucy | 2 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 515 | Italian Continuers | Kerrison, Laura | 4 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 516 | Italian Continuers | Beekwilder, Genevieve Rose | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 517 | Italian Extension | Fehon, Olivia | 1 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 518 | Italian Extension | Panero, Melissa | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 519 | Italian Extension | Beekwilder, Genevieve Rose | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 520 | Italian Extension | Fox, Danielle | 4 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 521 | Italian Extension | Shina, Gabrielle | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 522 | Japanese Background Speakers | Otsuki, Kurumi | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 523 | Japanese Background Speakers | Xue, Lizhi (Liz) | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 524 | Japanese Background Speakers | Suzuki, Sakurako | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 525 | Japanese Background Speakers | Eguchi, Rika | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 526 | Japanese Beginners | Abedin, Jakia | 1 | Leumeah High School | Leumeah |
| 527 | Japanese Beginners | Lee, Youjin | 2 | Strathfield South High School | Enfield |
| 528 | Japanese Beginners | Tong, Kexin | 3 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 529 | Japanese Beginners | Wang, Shiming | 4 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 530 | Japanese Beginners | Liu, Yanfei | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 531 | Japanese Beginners | Roylance, Richard | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 532 | Japanese Continuers | Chok, Larissa Wing Lum | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 533 | Japanese Continuers | Lam, Chloe | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 534 | Japanese Continuers | Lo, Timothy Daniel | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 535 | Japanese Continuers | Wang, Elayne | 3 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 536 | Japanese Continuers | Tsao, Rachel | 5 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 537 | Japanese Extension | Por, Ian Wei | 1 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 538 | Japanese Extension | Chok, Larissa Wing Lum | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 539 | Japanese Extension | Lo, Timothy Daniel | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 540 | Japanese Extension | Lee, Caroline | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
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| 541 | Japanese Extension | Yu, Joy | 5 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 542 | Khmer Continuers | Khuon, Socheata | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 543 | Khmer Continuers | Ly, Seakngim | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 544 | Korean Background Speakers | Kim, Jinyeong (Jinny) | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 545 | Korean Background Speakers | Yoon, Na Num (Anna) | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 546 | Korean Background Speakers | Yoo, Suji | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 547 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Ella Ji-Yoon | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 548 | Korean Background Speakers | Kang, Yeosulme (Kate) | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 549 | Korean Continuers | Tanabe, Karen | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 550 | Korean Continuers | Kusuma, Quentina | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 551 | Korean Continuers | Tran, Tina | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 552 | Latin Continuers | Allchurch, Tom | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 553 | Latin Continuers | Gregory, Gabriel | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 554 | Latin Continuers | Carvosso, Rhys | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 555 | Latin Continuers | Shang, Terry | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 556 | Latin Continuers | Wu, Mike | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 557 | Latin Extension | Carvosso, Rhys | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 558 | Latin Extension | Gregory, Gabriel | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 559 | Latin Extension | Allchurch, Tom | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 560 | Latin Extension | Burns, Thomas Henry | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 561 | Latin Extension | Williamson, Leila | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 562 | Legal Studies | Ramrakha, Uma | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 563 | Legal Studies | Cabral, Maria Erika Francisco | 2 | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
| 564 | Legal Studies | Leung, Helen | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 565 | Legal Studies | Halbmeyer, Ainsley May | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 566 | Legal Studies | Cooper, Jemimah | 5 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 567 | Legal Studies | Malesevic, George | 6 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 568 | Legal Studies | Morita, Maki | 7 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 569 | Legal Studies | Drummond, Sarah | 8 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 570 | Legal Studies | Vu, Terrii Khanh Linh | 9 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 571 | Legal Studies | Foo, Scienta Sik Fung | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 572 | Legal Studies | Roberts, Harriet Agnes | 10 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 573 | Macedonian Continuers | Markovska, Pamela | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 574 | Macedonian Continuers | Josifovski, Andrej | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 575 | Macedonian Continuers | Mitrevska, Danika | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 576 | Macedonian Continuers | Korunoska, Kristina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 577 | Macedonian Continuers | Jovcevska, Kleopatra | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 578 | Mathematics | Zhang, Radman Le | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 579 | Mathematics | Luong, Jason Khai-Luan | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 580 | Mathematics | Abood, Damian | 3 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 581 | Mathematics | Lam, Brian Yung-Cheung | 3 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 582 | Mathematics | Wang, Edric Shao-Zhe | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 583 | Mathematics | Xu, Jenny | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 584 | Mathematics | Docker, Phoenix Dean | 7 | Merrylands High School | Merrylands |
| 585 | Mathematics | Leung, Justin | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 586 | Mathematics | Pasion, Jeremiah | 7 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 587 | Mathematics | Xu, Joshua | 7 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 588 | Mathematics | Tan, Robert Yizhong | 11 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 589 | Mathematics | Tran, Clinton | 11 | St Pauls Catholic College | ? |
| 590 | Mathematics | Liell-Cock, Jack Anthony | 13 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 591 | Mathematics | North, William D | 14 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 592 | Mathematics | Ryan, Callum | 15 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 593 | Mathematics | Jiang, Yuqi | 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 594 | Mathematics | Luo, Terence Zi-Long | 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 595 | Mathematics | Tran, Nathan | 18 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 596 | Mathematics | Egan, Harry | 19 | St Edwards Christian Brothers College | East Gosford |
| 597 | Mathematics | Chan, Wing-Yan Chloe | 20 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 598 | Mathematics | Mustavi, Samir | 20 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Son, Taeyoung | 1 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 600 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Brizhinev, Dmitry | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 601 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lu, Kuan-Ting | 3 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 602 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Sze, Ho Ching Allann | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 603 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zheng, Jonathan | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 604 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Hu, David Wei | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 605 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Luu, Steven Huy Duc | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 606 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Di Qual, Joel | 8 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 607 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chen, Fangqin | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 608 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Gregory, Gabriel | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 609 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Xu, Gary | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 610 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhou, Margaret Zhou | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 611 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Shang, Terry | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 612 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Gregory, Gabriel | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 613 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Loi, Franco | 3 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 614 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Robertson, Ruben Tung | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 615 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Zheng, Jonathan | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 616 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Hanley, Angus | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 617 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Hasam, Syamand | 7 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 618 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Wang, William | 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 619 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Chen, Allan Y J | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 620 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Hu, Yang | 10 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 621 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Lysandrou, George | 1 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 622 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Dunlevey, Sam James | 2 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 623 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Crouch, Jake | 3 | Mater Dei Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 624 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Kingdom, Brendon | 4 | The Riverina Anglican College | Wagga Wagga |
| 625 | Modern Greek Beginners | Douroukis, Rhonda | 1 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 626 | Modern Greek Beginners | Ioannou, Cleo | 2 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 627 | Modern Greek Beginners | Gatsos, Kristina | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 628 | Modern Greek Beginners | Georgantis, Lia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 629 | Modern Greek Beginners | Halias, John | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 630 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kapsabelis, Fotini | 1 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 631 | Modern Greek Continuers | Pantelis, Eugeena | 2 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 632 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kolevris, Dionisia | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 633 | Modern Greek Continuers | Pupulas, Georgia | 4 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 634 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kritikos, Angela | 5 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 635 | Modern Greek Extension | Kolevris, Dionisia | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 636 | Modern Greek Extension | Pupulas, Georgia | 2 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 637 | Modern Greek Extension | Binou, Anastasia | 3 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 638 | Modern Greek Extension | Fountotos, Georgios | 4 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 639 | Modern Greek Extension | Parousis, Konstantinos | 5 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 640 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Ben-Menashe, Rafael | 1 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 641 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Charak, Miriam | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 642 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Budovski, Ronald | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 643 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Sasson, Noa Clara | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 644 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Bar-Sheshet, Ofir | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 645 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Weiss, Dafna | 5 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 646 | Modern History | Lew, Ruby Liza | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 647 | Modern History | Flemons, Lillian Jane Lurline | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 648 | Modern History | Clark Whitney, Elysha | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 649 | Modern History | Curtis, Ruby Madeleine | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 650 | Modern History | Vo, Serena Thuy-An | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 651 | Modern History | Gardner, Samuel Irvine | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 652 | Modern History | Lennon, Oliver Cleveland | 7 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 653 | Modern History | Morgan, Nell Frances | 7 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 654 | Modern History | Rice, Emily Teresa | 9 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 655 | Modern History | Sturt, Maxwell | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 656 | Modern History | Bianco, Alessandra | 11 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 657 | Modern History | Jackman, Alexander McNeil | 12 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 658 | Modern History | White, Grace Elizabeth | 12 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 659 | Modern History | Harrison, Philippa Kate | 14 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 660 | Modern History | Irving, Aaron Gregory | 15 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 661 | Modern History | Li, Christine | 16 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 662 | Modern History | Sheahan, Elizabeth Julia | 17 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 663 | Modern History | Kutcher, Natalie Elise | 18 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 664 | Modern History | Trbojevic, Ashley Lauren | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 665 | Modern History | Ma, Cassandra | 20 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 666 | Music 1 | Dewhurst, Suzannah | 1 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 667 | Music 1 | Ng, Stephanie | 2 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 668 | Music 1 | Ng, Laura | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 669 | Music 1 | Poate, Emma | 4 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 670 | Music 1 | Hampel, James William | 5 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 671 | Music 1 | Villegas, Jaime Andres | 6 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 672 | Music 1 | Yaw, Benjamin | 7 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 673 | Music 1 | Wall, Louisa Marie | 8 | Monaro High School | Cooma North |
| 674 | Music 1 | Peck, Elliot | 9 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 675 | Music 1 | Adams, Alec | 10 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 676 | Music 2 | He, Brett | 1 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 677 | Music 2 | Wang, Edric Shao-Zhe | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 678 | Music 2 | Goh, Yang-Ming | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 679 | Music 2 | Shermacher, Oliver Bahr | 4 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 680 | Music 2 | Gales, James | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 681 | Music Extension | Shermacher, Oliver Bahr | 1 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 682 | Music Extension | Li, Sarah Guyan | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 683 | Music Extension | Huang, Edward | 3 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 684 | Music Extension | Ju, Eun Jae | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 685 | Music Extension | Hsu, Julianne Lyn | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 686 | Music Extension | Lin, Dawen | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 687 | Music Extension | Oshiro, Yosiah James | 5 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 688 | Music Extension | Schneider, Indyana Rose | 5 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 689 | Persian Background Speakers | Momen, Rouein | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 690 | Persian Background Speakers | Babaie Sheli, Massoud | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 691 | Persian Background Speakers | Khafaji, Roya | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 692 | Persian Background Speakers | Khalili, Sakina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 693 | Persian Background Speakers | Rahmani, Saleha | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 694 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Crawford, Meg Alexandra | 1 | Kingscliff High School | Kingscliff |
| 695 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Grellman, Jacqui Jennifer | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 696 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Wingham, Annalise | 3 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 697 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Lun, Edward Tin Chung | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 698 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Leabeater, Alana | 5 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 699 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Engelman, Jared | 6 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 700 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Maras, Adriana | 7 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |