This report shows the 2016 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.
| 401 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Nayun | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 402 | Heritage Korean | Hwang, Ji Won (Joanna) | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 403 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Dong Nyuk Alex | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 404 | Heritage Korean | Song, Bohyun - Jessica | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 405 | Hindi Continuers | Malhotra, Rishabh | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 406 | Hindi Continuers | Arya, Anmol | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 407 | Hindi Continuers | Sinha, Mrinaank | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 408 | Hindi Continuers | Saraswat, Yamini | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 409 | Hindi Continuers | Bassi, Isha | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 410 | History Extension | Lea, Bridey Clare Elysia | 1 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 411 | History Extension | Hugler, Trent | 2 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 412 | History Extension | Halloran, Emily | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 413 | History Extension | Wu, Henry | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 414 | History Extension | Van Leer, Ruby | 5 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 415 | History Extension | Lai, Gladys | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 416 | History Extension | Gupta, Vrinda | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 417 | History Extension | Whelan-Young, Zoe | 8 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 418 | History Extension | Elsaidy, Amir | 9 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 419 | History Extension | Richards, Matthew Wilson | 10 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 420 | Hospitality Examination | Wu, Karen | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 421 | Hospitality Examination | Lieschke, Jacqueline | 2 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn |
| 422 | Hospitality Examination | Greaves, Caitlin | 3 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 423 | Hospitality Examination | Williams, Violet | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 424 | Hospitality Examination | Caparas, Alyssa Ileto | 5 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 425 | Hospitality Examination | Browning, Elise Tayla | 6 | Kooringal High School | Kooringal |
| 426 | Hospitality Examination | Charniya, Muskan Anis | 7 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 427 | Hospitality Examination | Tate-Harrington, Paige | 7 | St John The Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra |
| 428 | Hospitality Examination | Reedy, Cara | 9 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 429 | Hospitality Examination | Wong, Sammi See Hang | 9 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville |
| 430 | Human Services Examination | Harper, Amber Rose | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 431 | Human Services Examination | Aguila, Phoenix | 2 | Western Institute Orange Campus | Orange |
| 432 | Human Services Examination | Scaar, Brendan Alexander | 2 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 433 | Human Services Examination | Favotto, Natasha | 4 | New England Institute Armidale Campus | Armidale |
| 434 | Human Services Examination | MacPhail, Sara | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute North Sydney College | St Leonards |
| 435 | Human Services Examination | Palmer, Dominique | 5 | Moss Vale High School | Moss Vale |
| 436 | Hungarian Continuers | Desney, Sarah | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 437 | Hungarian Continuers | Kovacs, Istvan | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 438 | Indonesian Background Speakers | Heryxlim, Lorenzia | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 439 | Indonesian Background Speakers | Narendri, Danys | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 440 | Indonesian Beginners | Ferguson, Isabelle Grace | 1 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
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| 441 | Indonesian Beginners | Petersen, Christopher John | 2 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 442 | Indonesian Beginners | Tan, Natasha | 3 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 443 | Indonesian Beginners | Tandera Yuana, Jonathan | 4 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 444 | Indonesian Beginners | Lian, Van Ceu | 5 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 445 | Indonesian Continuers | Uchida, Kazuki | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 446 | Indonesian Continuers | David, Andrea Chloe | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 447 | Indonesian Continuers | Aoki, Taro | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 448 | Indonesian Continuers | Dickinson, Patrick James | 4 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 449 | Indonesian Continuers | McGovern, Carson Riley Janae | 5 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 450 | Indonesian Extension | Parikh, Payal | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 451 | Industrial Technology | Miller, Monique Jean | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 452 | Industrial Technology | Cunningham, Imogen | 2 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 453 | Industrial Technology | Simke Hetherington, Lily | 3 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 454 | Industrial Technology | Liang, Rachel | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 455 | Industrial Technology | Northeast, Joshua | 5 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 456 | Industrial Technology | Macintyre, James Liem | 6 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 457 | Industrial Technology | Scollay, Jack William | 7 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 458 | Industrial Technology | Eaton, Charlie | 8 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 459 | Industrial Technology | White, Benjamin | 8 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 460 | Industrial Technology | Jurd, Nathan | 10 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 461 | Industrial Technology | Price, Jock | 10 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 462 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Brand, Coen | 1 | Kildare Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 463 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Sia, Jovan | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 464 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Javellana, Shaun Mackenzie | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 465 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Moore, Nathan Christian | 4 | Singleton High School | Singleton |
| 466 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Sensomboun, Amy | 5 | Riverina Institute Albury Campus | Albury |
| 467 | Information Processes and Technology | Fung, Albert | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 468 | Information Processes and Technology | Park, Joshua | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 469 | Information Processes and Technology | Chen, Hannah Sydney | 3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 470 | Information Processes and Technology | Siu, Lachlan Edward | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 471 | Information Processes and Technology | Lai, Jason | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 472 | Information Processes and Technology | Diaz, Rebecca | 6 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 473 | Information Processes and Technology | Hou, William | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 474 | Information Processes and Technology | Leung, Jerry | 8 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 475 | Information Processes and Technology | Damtoft, Christian Thomas | 9 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 476 | Information Processes and Technology | Wang, Shane | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 477 | Italian Beginners | Carroll, Madeleine | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 478 | Italian Beginners | Wallis, Francesca | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 479 | Italian Beginners | Markson, Charlotte | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 480 | Italian Beginners | Glover, Isabelle | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 481 | Italian Beginners | Kerwin-Roman, Nina | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 482 | Italian Continuers | Mahajan, Sachin | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 483 | Italian Continuers | Clucher, Sarah | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 484 | Italian Continuers | Riley, Eden Marley Grace | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 485 | Italian Continuers | Karantanis, William | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 486 | Italian Continuers | Krimmer, Emilie Anne | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 487 | Italian Extension | Rastogi, Anish | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 488 | Italian Extension | Livingstone, Timothy | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 489 | Italian Extension | Karantanis, William | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 490 | Italian Extension | Mateffy, Anna Louise | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 491 | Italian Extension | Salamone, Luke William | 5 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 492 | Japanese Background Speakers | Mori, Wakana | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 493 | Japanese Background Speakers | Sugiyama, Asuka | 2 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 494 | Japanese Background Speakers | Ehashi, Akari | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 495 | Japanese Background Speakers | Matsukura, Tomoka | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 496 | Japanese Background Speakers | Takenaka, Sakie | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 497 | Japanese Beginners | Cho, Kaitlyn Yeji | 1 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 498 | Japanese Beginners | Huang, Annabelle Chung-I | 2 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 499 | Japanese Beginners | Hwang, Joshua | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 500 | Japanese Beginners | Li, Rebecca | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 501 | Japanese Beginners | Choi, Jihye (Ana) | 5 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 502 | Japanese Beginners | Lee, Irene Dabin | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 503 | Japanese Continuers | Guan, Julia | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 504 | Japanese Continuers | Zhu, Amy | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 505 | Japanese Continuers | Tomoda, Raina | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 506 | Japanese Continuers | Gee, Monica | 4 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 507 | Japanese Continuers | Kim, Jessica | 4 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 508 | Japanese Continuers | Park, Melissa | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 509 | Japanese Continuers | Tan, Edmund Kian Jien | 4 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 510 | Japanese Extension | Tomoda, Raina | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 511 | Japanese Extension | Lee, Stella Seulgi | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 512 | Japanese Extension | Qian, Ann Yian | 3 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 513 | Japanese Extension | Park, Melissa | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 514 | Japanese Extension | Zhu, Amy | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 515 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Subeen | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 516 | Korean Background Speakers | Han, Jaeyeon | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 517 | Korean Background Speakers | Lee, Seunghee | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 518 | Korean Background Speakers | Kim, Eunseo Lilian | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 519 | Korean Background Speakers | Bae, Haeun | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 520 | Korean Continuers | Wu, Henry | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 521 | Korean Continuers | Zheng, Yong (Jocelyn) | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 522 | Korean Continuers | Sison, Eunice Ivanna | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 523 | Korean Continuers | Kouch, Ashley | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 524 | Korean Continuers | Wei, Xiao | 5 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 525 | Latin Continuers | Sue, Lachlan | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 526 | Latin Continuers | Theocharous, Katerina | 2 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 527 | Latin Continuers | Liu, Daniel Shutian | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 528 | Latin Continuers | Huang, Justin | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 529 | Latin Continuers | Manton-Hall, James | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 530 | Latin Extension | Sue, Lachlan | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 531 | Latin Extension | Davy, Max | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 532 | Latin Extension | Psihoyos, Dean | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 533 | Latin Extension | Huang, Justin | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 534 | Latin Extension | Sahore, Devanshi | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 535 | Legal Studies | Loukaitis, Gregory | 1 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 536 | Legal Studies | Grant, Georgina | 2 | Mater Dei Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 537 | Legal Studies | Hatheier, Shannon | 3 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 538 | Legal Studies | Braga, Sarah | 4 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 539 | Legal Studies | Wang, Tandee | 5 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 540 | Legal Studies | White, Josephine Rose | 6 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 541 | Legal Studies | Dias, Isabella Rose | 7 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Kas, Maryaan | 8 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Bechara, Georgette | 9 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Chau, Wendy | 10 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Gullifa, Melissa Rose | 11 | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Huang, Eda Mich Li | 11 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Do, Sophia | 13 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Ning, Joshua Yuen Wang | 14 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Blomson, Gabrielle | 15 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Christensen, Kayla | 16 | MacKillop Catholic College | Woongarrah |
| 551 | Legal Studies | Hayward, Angus Elliot | 17 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 552 | Legal Studies | Al-Kahili, Rose | 18 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 553 | Legal Studies | Czifra, Isabella | 19 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 554 | Legal Studies | Noakes, Patrick Michael | 20 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 555 | Macedonian Continuers | Gosarevska, Emilija | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 556 | Macedonian Continuers | Bojceska, Simona | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 557 | Macedonian Continuers | Petkovski, Aleksandar | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 558 | Macedonian Continuers | Pavlovski, Petar | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 559 | Macedonian Continuers | Nedelkoska, Anastazia | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 560 | Maltese Continuers | Pirotta, James | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 561 | Mathematics | Fang, Ada | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 562 | Mathematics | Lee, Natalie Si-Yi | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 563 | Mathematics | Nakhla, Damian Jay | 1 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 564 | Mathematics | Ren, Yuchen | 1 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 565 | Mathematics | Waugh, Finnegan | 1 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 566 | Mathematics | Winfred, Matthew | 1 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 567 | Mathematics | Charls, Dawnlicity | 7 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 568 | Mathematics | Nguyen-Hoang, Sheree | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 569 | Mathematics | Lin, Stephen Shiao-Ru | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 570 | Mathematics | Cao, Sally | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 571 | Mathematics | Wang, Zenith | 11 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 572 | Mathematics | Lee, Regina | 12 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 573 | Mathematics | Tasker, Tobias | 12 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 574 | Mathematics | Goria, Sandra | 14 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 575 | Mathematics | Silove, Ellis | 15 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 576 | Mathematics | Aching, Will | 16 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood |
| 577 | Mathematics | Chee, Daniel Graham | 16 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 578 | Mathematics | Espejo, Jasmine | 16 | Bethlehem College | Ashfield |
| 579 | Mathematics | Kolar, Jovana | 16 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park |
| 580 | Mathematics | Lai, Cass Wai Gwan | 16 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 581 | Mathematics | Li, Xiucheng (Bella) | 16 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 582 | Mathematics | Murphy, Elliott | 16 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 583 | Mathematics | Nassaj, Kimia | 16 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 584 | Mathematics | Rahman, Fahim | 16 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | Greenacre |
| 585 | Mathematics | Santana Baskar, Prithvi | 16 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 586 | Mathematics | Street, Benjamin | 16 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 587 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Charls, Dawnlicity | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 588 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chau, Brian | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 589 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tang, Kelvin | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 590 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tong, Nathan Tsz Fung | 3 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wang, Tianyi | 5 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chiu, Clement Hok Wo | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Karahasan, Aidin | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Liu, Daniel Shutian | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Nguyen, Linh Thuy | 8 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wu, Justin | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Xian, Kevin | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Chen, Jackie | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Zhu, Alex J. H. | 3 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 600 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Mustavi, Amir Mohammad | 4 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |