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.
| 751 | Senior Science | Sood, Annika | 2 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 752 | Senior Science | Brown, Greta Anne | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 753 | Senior Science | Monk, Rose Louise | 4 | Bulli High School | Bulli |
| 754 | Senior Science | Nguyen, Timothy | 4 | Patrician Brothers College Fairfield | Fairfield |
| 755 | Senior Science | Pye, Isobel McKellar | 4 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 756 | Senior Science | Shah, Shubham | 4 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 757 | Senior Science | Egan, Ellen Anne | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 758 | Senior Science | Diamond, Jac | 9 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 759 | Senior Science | Arif, Zena | 10 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 760 | Serbian Continuers | Peulic, Tamara | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 761 | Serbian Continuers | Djotunovic, Ana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 762 | Serbian Continuers | Pjevalica, Vanja | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 763 | Serbian Continuers | Radosevic, Sanja | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 764 | Serbian Continuers | Perisic, Milica | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 765 | Society and Culture | Balakumar, Aparna | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 766 | Society and Culture | Bianco, Alessandra | 1 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 767 | Society and Culture | Djoeandy, Rachel Laura | 3 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 768 | Society and Culture | Smith, Madelyn Judith | 4 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 769 | Society and Culture | Cavanagh, Jemma Anne | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 770 | Society and Culture | Wei, Peggy | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 771 | Society and Culture | Samaha, Brigitte Emanuelle | 7 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 772 | Society and Culture | Whitfield, Christian | 8 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
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| 773 | Society and Culture | Bourke, Alana Lee | 9 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill |
| 774 | Society and Culture | Frost, Imogen Florence | 10 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 775 | Software Design and Development | Morris, Harry Tadek | 1 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 776 | Software Design and Development | Liew, Benjamin | 2 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 777 | Software Design and Development | Carmichael, Glen Rowan | 3 | Wagga Wagga Christian College | Wagga Wagga |
| 778 | Software Design and Development | Smith, James | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 779 | Software Design and Development | Rayns, George Nicholas | 5 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 780 | Software Design and Development | Buckley, Alexander James | 6 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 781 | Software Design and Development | Ting, Aaron Benjamin | 6 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 782 | Software Design and Development | Dickinson, Daniel Begg | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 783 | Software Design and Development | Hare, Brandon James | 9 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 784 | Software Design and Development | Payor, James Thornton | 10 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 785 | Spanish Beginners | Purdy, Katherine Anne | 1 | Wycliffe Christian School | Warrimoo |
| 786 | Spanish Beginners | Schneider, Indyana Rose | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 787 | Spanish Beginners | Russell, Amy Lee | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 788 | Spanish Beginners | Bundalo, Tatjana | 4 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 789 | Spanish Beginners | Williams, Katie | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 790 | Spanish Continuers | Torres Castiglioni, Marcela Blanca Angelica | 1 | Ku-ring-gai High School | North Turramurra |
| 791 | Spanish Continuers | Elzerman, Marcelle | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 792 | Spanish Continuers | Penedo, Sebastian | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 793 | Spanish Continuers | Raventos, Stephany | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 794 | Spanish Continuers | Montes Espinoza, Ximena | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 795 | Spanish Extension | Galea, Cian | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 796 | Spanish Extension | Pajaczkowski-Russell, Remy | 2 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 797 | Spanish Extension | Penedo, Sebastian | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 798 | Spanish Extension | Elzerman, Marcelle | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 799 | Spanish Extension | Cruz Sanchez, Channel | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 800 | Studies of Religion I | Bianco, Alessandra | 1 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 801 | Studies of Religion I | Doorn, Madison | 1 | St Josephs Catholic College | East Gosford |
| 802 | Studies of Religion I | Fitzsimons, Nicholas James | 1 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 803 | Studies of Religion I | White, Grace Elizabeth | 1 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 804 | Studies of Religion I | O'Brien, Jayden Anthony | 5 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 805 | Studies of Religion I | Curtis, Ruby Madeleine | 6 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 806 | Studies of Religion I | McDonald, Laura Koleen | 6 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 807 | Studies of Religion I | Murdocca, Michael | 8 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 808 | Studies of Religion I | Anderson, Jack Samuel | 9 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 809 | Studies of Religion I | Rusnak, Sarah | 10 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 810 | Studies of Religion II | Grinsell, Larissa | 1 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 811 | Studies of Religion II | Simpson, Henry Richard | 2 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 812 | Studies of Religion II | Giurgius, Mary | 3 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 813 | Studies of Religion II | Leabeater, Alana | 4 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 814 | Studies of Religion II | MacDonagh, Hugo Francis | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 815 | Studies of Religion II | Bowman, Makaela | 6 | James Sheahan Catholic High School | Orange |
| 816 | Studies of Religion II | Gacon, Kalani | 7 | Springwood High School | Faulconbridge |
| 817 | Studies of Religion II | Hammerschmidt, Yvette | 8 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 818 | Studies of Religion II | Lane, Felicity | 9 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 819 | Studies of Religion II | O'Donohue, Matthew | 9 | McAuley Catholic College Grafton | Clarenza |
| 820 | Studies of Religion II | Sanderson, Sophie June | 9 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 821 | Swedish Continuers | Kearney, Eamonn Scott | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 822 | Swedish Continuers | Gilani Yahvavi, Ronya | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 823 | Swedish Continuers | Li, Han Madeline | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 824 | Swedish Continuers | Ferguson, John | 4 | Pittwater High School | Mona Vale |
| 825 | Tamil Continuers | Koneshwaran, Mathumai | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 826 | Tamil Continuers | Krishna Kumar, Radha | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 827 | Textiles and Design | Lusted, Brooke | 1 | Bishop Druitt College | Coffs Harbour |
| 828 | Textiles and Design | Turancova, Michaela | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus | Cromer |
| 829 | Textiles and Design | Tavener Hanks, Tess | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 830 | Textiles and Design | Norrington, Emma Louise | 4 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 831 | Textiles and Design | Ardern, Rebecca | 5 | MacKillop Catholic College | Woongarrah |
| 832 | Textiles and Design | Ackermann, Khalia Jade | 6 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus | Cromer |
| 833 | Textiles and Design | Gordon, Adele Janet | 6 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 834 | Textiles and Design | Munday, Jonathan Robert | 8 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 835 | Textiles and Design | Wilson, Connor Shai | 9 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 836 | Textiles and Design | Pham, Janet Thu Thao | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 837 | Tourism and Events Examination | Jones, Summer Lee | 1 | North Coast Institute Grafton Campus | Grafton |
| 838 | Tourism and Events Examination | Narayan, Reetisha | 2 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 839 | Tourism and Events Examination | McKechnie, Maddison Mae | 3 | North Coast Institute Port Macquarie Campus | Port Macquarie |
| 840 | Tourism and Events Examination | McNulty, Lucy | 4 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 841 | Tourism and Events Examination | Johnston, Brittany Lee | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Ryde College | Ryde |
| 842 | Turkish Continuers | Kilic, Gizem | 1 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 843 | Turkish Continuers | Tabak, Ceren | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 844 | Turkish Continuers | Aydogan, Meryem | 3 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 845 | Turkish Continuers | Yildirim, Ahmet Sait | 4 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 846 | Turkish Continuers | Ugur, Saliha Leyla | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 847 | Ukrainian Continuers | Pokhmurska, Olha | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 848 | Ukrainian Continuers | Podstreshna, Yevgeniya | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 849 | Ukrainian Continuers | Kucheruk, Nazar | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 850 | Vietnamese Continuers | Nguyen, Thuy Lan Duyen | 1 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 851 | Vietnamese Continuers | Nguyen, Xuan Khanh Minh | 2 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 852 | Vietnamese Continuers | Nguyen, Thuy Tien | 3 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 853 | Vietnamese Continuers | Tat, Hoai Manh | 4 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 854 | Vietnamese Continuers | Tieu, Gia Huy (Vincent) | 5 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 855 | Visual Arts | Lau, Emily | 1 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 856 | Visual Arts | Bennett, Xanthe Yolanda | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 857 | Visual Arts | Kruger, Roanize Sune | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 858 | Visual Arts | Turancova, Michaela | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 859 | Visual Arts | James, Marcus Hiroshi | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 860 | Visual Arts | Callow, Chloe | 6 | Marian Catholic College | ? |
| 861 | Visual Arts | Dong, Elaine | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 862 | Visual Arts | Seto, Emily | 8 | Richard Johnson Anglican College | Oakhurst |
| 863 | Visual Arts | Maneschi, Lauren | 9 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 864 | Visual Arts | Malek, Emily Clare | 10 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |