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.
| 151 | Classical Greek Continuers | Mahapatra, Vaidehi | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 152 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wu, Henry | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Taurian, Michael | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Continuers | Agapitos, Terry | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Extension | Rothery, Mark Henry | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 156 | Classical Greek Extension | Glanville, Maxwell | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 157 | Classical Greek Extension | Xu, Michael | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Maxwell, Anna | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 159 | Classical Greek Extension | Roux, Hannah | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Kastel, Nachman | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
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| 161 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Charak, Hannah | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Niasoff, Faigy | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Fuzi, Talia | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Amzalak, Rachel | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Kastel, Nachman | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Fuzi, Talia | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Amzalak, Rachel | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Rev, Ayelet | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Friedgut, Ilan | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Cant, Georgina | 1 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | O'Toole, Hayley | 2 | Tomaree High School | Salamander Bay |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Steven, Tess | 2 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Landgren, Stina | 4 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Ryan, Bonnie | 5 | MacKillop Catholic College | Woongarrah |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Cutajar, Kathleen | 6 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Stanley, Fiona | 7 | Wollumbin High School | Murwillumbah |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | Wanigabaduge, Samantha | 7 | Tomaree High School | Salamander Bay |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Khan, Uroosa | 9 | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | Leonard, Maggie | 10 | Keira High School | Fairy Meadow |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Pfundstein, Grant | 1 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 181 | Construction Examination | May, Ryan | 2 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Crowe, Elijah | 3 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Falzarano, Shaun | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Le Messurier, Max | 3 | Taree High School | Taree |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Afshar, Ryan | 6 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Calavassy, Patrick John | 7 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Taylor, Joshua | 7 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 188 | Construction Examination | Judd, Callum James | 9 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Djurdjevic, Stefan | 10 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 190 | Construction Examination | Duignan, Lachlan | 10 | St Edwards Christian Brothers College | East Gosford |
| 191 | Croatian Continuers | Jugovic, Nikolina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 192 | Croatian Continuers | Begonja, Tomislav | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 193 | Croatian Continuers | Zrnic, Katarina | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 194 | Dance | Button, Eryn Louise | 1 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 195 | Dance | Carrall, Sky Ambah | 1 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 196 | Dance | Murray-Wallace, Deirdre | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 197 | Dance | Reisin, Jamie | 4 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 198 | Dance | Kelly, Brianna Neve | 5 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Pagano, Gabrielle | 1 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Startari, Charlotte | 2 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |