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.
| 701 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Madden, James | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 702 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ups, Katherine Ruth | 9 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 703 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Owen, Charlotte | 10 | Marian Catholic College | ? |
| 704 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Anderson, Emilia | 11 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 705 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Killen, Benjamin | 12 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 706 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Pappas, Marcus | 13 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 707 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Sabry, Michael | 14 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 708 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | O'Rourke, Ellen Caitlin | 15 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 709 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Toth, Olivia Ashleigh | 15 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 710 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Bedos, Andrew Cameron | 17 | The Forest High School | Frenchs Forest |
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| 711 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | McHugh, Alexandra | 18 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 712 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Green, Rory | 19 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 713 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Clancy, Natalie | 20 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 714 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Fattah, Zino | 20 | Loyola Senior High School | Mount Druitt |
| 715 | Physics | Hopkins, Jonathan Andrew | 1 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 716 | Physics | Robertson, Ruben Tung | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 717 | Physics | Harvey, Gregory | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 718 | Physics | Jayanti, Sumedh | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 719 | Physics | Hu, David Wei | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 720 | Physics | Clarke, Daniel William | 6 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 721 | Physics | Tibebu, Yonas | 7 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 722 | Physics | Sedra, Tadros Michael | 8 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 723 | Physics | Spilecki, Jack | 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 724 | Physics | Xu, Brendan | 8 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 725 | Polish Continuers | Leszczynski, Karolina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 726 | Polish Continuers | Bozym, Sylvia | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 727 | Polish Continuers | Malicki, Sylvia | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 728 | Polish Continuers | Gornik, Conrad | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 729 | Polish Continuers | Dziubinski, Bartosz | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 730 | Primary Industries Examination | Nesbitt, Laura Alice | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 731 | Primary Industries Examination | Ryan, Jaynie | 2 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 732 | Primary Industries Examination | Earney, Heather Margaret | 3 | Forbes High School | Forbes |
| 733 | Primary Industries Examination | McLucas, Rachel Margaret | 4 | Yass High School | Yass |
| 734 | Primary Industries Examination | Callan, Timothy | 5 | Braidwood Central School | Braidwood |
| 735 | Retail Services Examination | Betteridge, Natalie | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 736 | Retail Services Examination | Chalhoub, Jessica | 2 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 737 | Retail Services Examination | Lee, Jessica | 3 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 738 | Retail Services Examination | Moran, Danielle | 4 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 739 | Retail Services Examination | Jubb, Alicia | 5 | Young High School | Young |
| 740 | Retail Services Examination | Creighton, Amber | 6 | St Josephs High School Aberdeen | Aberdeen |
| 741 | Retail Services Examination | Monevski, Monica | 7 | Kingsgrove High School | Kingsgrove |
| 742 | Retail Services Examination | Dawson, Larissa | 8 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 743 | Retail Services Examination | Kathirgamanathan, Dhiviya | 8 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 744 | Retail Services Examination | Millett, Cassandra | 10 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 745 | Russian Background Speakers | Lunina, Ekaterina | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 746 | Russian Background Speakers | Pyevyen, Alevtina | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 747 | Russian Background Speakers | Smirnov, Alyssa | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 748 | Russian Background Speakers | Metelska, Katerina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 749 | Russian Background Speakers | Lusin, Artyom | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 750 | Senior Science | Chen, Richard | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |