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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |