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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |