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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 601 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Wu, Justin | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 602 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Deep, Amit Singh Minhas | 6 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 603 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Luan, Michael | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 604 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Chen, Priscilla | 8 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 605 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Ragavan, Seyoon | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 606 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Agrawal, Kabir | 10 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 607 | Mathematics General 2 | Gutierrez, Christine | 1 | St John Paul II Catholic College Nirimba | Nirimba Fields |
| 608 | Mathematics General 2 | Brooks, Isabelle | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 609 | Mathematics General 2 | Joseph, Grace | 2 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 610 | Mathematics General 2 | Elliff, Jonas Clinton | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 611 | Mathematics General 2 | Griffith, Travis | 4 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall |
| 612 | Mathematics General 2 | Herman, Adam Jourdan | 4 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 613 | Mathematics General 2 | Nielsen, Ella | 4 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 614 | Mathematics General 2 | Pryce, Frederick Thomas | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 615 | Mathematics General 2 | Lane, Nicholas Scott | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 616 | Mathematics General 2 | Tang, Suzy | 10 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 617 | Mathematics General 2 | Smith, Lachlan Reid | 11 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 618 | Mathematics General 2 | Hinton, Phoebe Beatrice | 12 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 619 | Mathematics General 2 | Kingshott, Carli Anne | 12 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 620 | Mathematics General 2 | Blackmore, William | 14 | Moorebank High School | Moorebank |
| 621 | Mathematics General 2 | Brennan, Lachlan | 14 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 622 | Mathematics General 2 | Fuggle, Rose | 14 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 623 | Mathematics General 2 | Lieschke, Jacqueline | 14 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn |
| 624 | Mathematics General 2 | Moore, Jennifer | 14 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 625 | Mathematics General 2 | Nicholas, William | 14 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 626 | Mathematics General 2 | Petersen, Jack Neville | 14 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 627 | Mathematics General 2 | Ramsay, Sophie Catherine | 14 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 628 | Modern Greek Beginners | Kritikos, Stephanie | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 629 | Modern Greek Beginners | Zavvos, Peter | 2 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 630 | Modern Greek Beginners | Papasavvas, George | 3 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 631 | Modern Greek Beginners | Caldelis, Evangelia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 632 | Modern Greek Beginners | Koinis, Lianne | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 633 | Modern Greek Continuers | Damigou, Panagiota (Naya) | 1 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 634 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kanlis, Zografia Zoe | 2 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 635 | Modern Greek Continuers | Stivaktas, Catherine | 3 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 636 | Modern Greek Continuers | Tsirli, Katholiki | 3 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 637 | Modern Greek Continuers | Nicolaou, Rothopi | 5 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 638 | Modern Greek Extension | Bouranta, Fotina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 639 | Modern Greek Extension | Damigou, Panagiota (Naya) | 2 | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 640 | Modern Greek Extension | Nikolaidou, Zoe | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 641 | Modern Greek Extension | Kondilis, Vasilis | 4 | Kingsgrove High School | Kingsgrove |
| 642 | Modern Greek Extension | Dionysiou, Marina | 5 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 643 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Manor, Yotam | 1 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 644 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Weiss, Yael | 2 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 645 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Hirschberg, Elah | 3 | The McDonald College | North Strathfield |
| 646 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Di Veroli, Dinah | 4 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 647 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Ieremias, Sean | 5 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 648 | Modern History | Dwyer, Dominic | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 649 | Modern History | Fitzgerald, Megan Claire | 1 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 650 | Modern History | Hugler, Trent | 3 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |