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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 651 | Modern History | Hayward, Angus Elliot | 4 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 652 | Modern History | Evans, Max John | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 653 | Modern History | Penna, Justin Alexander | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 654 | Modern History | Akres, Benjamin Paul | 7 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 655 | Modern History | Bandodkar, Ashvin | 8 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 656 | Modern History | Gooch, Portia Leigh | 9 | St Johns College Dubbo | Dubbo East |
| 657 | Modern History | Higgins, Henry | 10 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 658 | Modern History | Benecke, Eliza Grace | 11 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 659 | Modern History | Cameron, Dougal Charles Rolly | 12 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 660 | Modern History | Duong, Helena | 13 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 661 | Modern History | Harkin, Matilda | 14 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 662 | Modern History | Hu, Katherine | 14 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 663 | Modern History | Wang, Tandee | 14 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 664 | Modern History | King, Brendan | 17 | Red Bend Catholic College | Forbes |
| 665 | Modern History | Dodds, Susie | 18 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 666 | Modern History | Ferris-Smith, Kali | 19 | Blaxland High School | Blaxland |
| 667 | Modern History | Maley, Olivia Charlotte | 20 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 668 | Music 1 | Young, Alexander | 1 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 669 | Music 1 | Draper, Eliza | 2 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 670 | Music 1 | Jansen, Nicklas | 3 | Maclean High School | Maclean |
| 671 | Music 1 | Constable, Abby Grace | 4 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 672 | Music 1 | Taylor, Monty | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 673 | Music 1 | Nguyen, Khang | 6 | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
| 674 | Music 1 | Judd, Bailey | 7 | Trinity Catholic College Goulburn | Goulburn |
| 675 | Music 1 | Denina, Tiegan | 8 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 676 | Music 1 | Supangat, Marsha | 8 | Concord High School | Concord |
| 677 | Music 1 | Tamayo, Guada | 8 | Montgrove College | Orchard Hills |
| 678 | Music 2 | Hayashi, Sean | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 679 | Music 2 | Ning, Joshua Yuen Wang | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 680 | Music 2 | Chung, Josephine | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 681 | Music 2 | Moskalenko, Dar'ya | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 682 | Music 2 | Cousins, Kate | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 683 | Music 2 | Emanuel, Isabella | 5 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 684 | Music Extension | Hayashi, Sean | 1 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 685 | Music Extension | Chung, Josephine | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 686 | Music Extension | de Solom, Timothy Julian | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 687 | Music Extension | Huang, Amy | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 688 | Music Extension | McCabe, Nicholas James | 5 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 689 | Persian Background Speakers | Mehrabani, Maryam | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 690 | Persian Background Speakers | Mousavimasooleh, Seyedehmehraneh | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 691 | Persian Background Speakers | Imaninejad, Zeinab | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 692 | Persian Background Speakers | Menhaji, Armin | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 693 | Persian Background Speakers | Masoumi Nejad, Yasamin | 5 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 694 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Faulkner, Clare Louisa | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 695 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Watson, Emma Rose | 2 | Singleton High School | Singleton |
| 696 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Guo, Jessica | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 697 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Henoch, Jennifer Valora | 4 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 698 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Panambalana, Alisha | 4 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 699 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Atalay, Ayse | 6 | Amity College Prestons | Prestons |
| 700 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Farrugia, Lauren Jade | 7 | St Josephs Catholic College | East Gosford |
| 701 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Whelan-Young, Zoe | 8 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 702 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Small, Rebecca Louise | 9 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville |
| 703 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Clarkson, Marnie Elise | 10 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 704 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Kaya, Leyla | 11 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 705 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ng, Gloria Ka-Wai | 12 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 706 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Glendinning, Emma Kate | 13 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 707 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ferrari, Annabel | 14 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 708 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Reizes, Zoe | 15 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 709 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Schwartz, Ike Pringle | 16 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 710 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Chen, Leeann Melissa | 17 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 711 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Gray, Kelsey | 17 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 712 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Walsh, Bennett James | 17 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 713 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Caush, Lauren | 20 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 714 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Shelley, Mary | 20 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 715 | Physics | Karahasan, Aidin | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 716 | Physics | Baker, Peter Cole | 2 | Wagga Wagga High School | Wagga Wagga |
| 717 | Physics | Iliffe, Jeremiah | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 718 | Physics | Kadappu, Preetham Krishna | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 719 | Physics | Park, I Su | 3 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 720 | Physics | Li, Howard | 6 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 721 | Physics | Hargun, Dilnoor Kaur | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 722 | Physics | Jones, Dominic | 8 | Bishop Druitt College | Coffs Harbour |
| 723 | Physics | Chen, Shirley | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 724 | Physics | Hackett, Reuben | 10 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 725 | Polish Continuers | Chabros, Julia | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 726 | Polish Continuers | Pazdzior, Paulina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 727 | Polish Continuers | Zdrojkowska, Karolina Zuzanna | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 728 | Polish Continuers | Janiga, Robert Igor | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 729 | Polish Continuers | Warhol-Bernard, Olivia Victoria | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 730 | Portuguese Continuers | Teixeira-Pinto, Afonso | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 731 | Portuguese Continuers | Santiago Medeiros, Liz | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 732 | Portuguese Continuers | Nakagawa, Juliana Akemi | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 733 | Primary Industries Examination | Angel, Vanessa Emily | 1 | Riverina Institute Wagga Wagga Campus | Wagga Wagga |
| 734 | Primary Industries Examination | Lavis, Emily Grace | 2 | Trinity Catholic College Goulburn | Goulburn |
| 735 | Primary Industries Examination | Boughey, Imogen | 3 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 736 | Primary Industries Examination | Downie, Sally Lea | 4 | Forbes High School | Forbes |
| 737 | Primary Industries Examination | Schlunke, Molly | 5 | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 738 | Punjabi Continuers | Jawandha, Harnoor | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 739 | Punjabi Continuers | Rishi, Ripudaman | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 740 | Punjabi Continuers | Bola, Jaskaran | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 741 | Retail Services Examination | Williams, Chelsi | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 742 | Retail Services Examination | Norris, Kate Georgia | 2 | Mount View High School | Cessnock |
| 743 | Retail Services Examination | Musgrove, Cameron John | 3 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 744 | Retail Services Examination | Fowler, Abbie May | 4 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 745 | Russian Continuers | Shafeeva, Sophie | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 746 | Russian Continuers | Chetin, Daniil | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 747 | Russian Continuers | Nosovtsev, Artem | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 748 | Russian Continuers | Sladkova, Elena | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 749 | Russian Continuers | Nikiforov, Pavel | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 750 | Senior Science | Isaac, Daniel Stephen | 1 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |