This report shows the 2018 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.
| 301 | English Extension 1 | Kos, Catherine Isabella | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 302 | English Extension 2 | Lin, Rebecca | 1 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 303 | English Extension 2 | Zhu, Jiahui Vivian | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 304 | English Extension 2 | Smith, Harry | 3 | Trinity Anglican College Albury | Thurgoona |
| 305 | English Extension 2 | Cutmore, Hannah | 4 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 306 | English Extension 2 | Derkenne, Sophia Zoe | 5 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 307 | English Extension 2 | Imlay, Sarah | 6 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 308 | English Extension 2 | Warner, Chelsea | 7 | Kellyville High School | Kellyville |
| 309 | English Extension 2 | Marinelli, Caitlin Rose | 8 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 310 | English Extension 2 | Newman, James Lee | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
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| 311 | English Extension 2 | Truong, Marialee | 10 | Elderslie High School | Narellan |
| 312 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Saric, Zachary Joel | 1 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 313 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Bardsley-Divina, Dan | 2 | Nowra Anglican College | Bomaderry |
| 314 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Watson, Lauren | 2 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 315 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Brown, Emily | 4 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 316 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Grace, Jamila San-An | 5 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 317 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Hughes, Rhys Patrick | 5 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 318 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Jaena Lorelie | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 319 | Filipino Continuers | Jimenez, Bianca | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 320 | Filipino Continuers | Salonga, Erica | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 321 | Filipino Continuers | Tagle, Dorothy Joy | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 322 | Food Technology | Pearce, Emmerson | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 323 | Food Technology | Jin, Renee Feng | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 324 | Food Technology | Harvey, Maddison May | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 325 | Food Technology | Turney, Emma | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 326 | Food Technology | Huang, Vicky | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 327 | Food Technology | Jolly, Savannah Genevieve | 6 | Lakes Grammar An Anglican School | Warnervale |
| 328 | Food Technology | Love, Hunter | 7 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 329 | Food Technology | Morris, Ashlea | 8 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 330 | Food Technology | Harrington, Rohan Alexandra | 9 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 331 | Food Technology | Pekic, Sofia | 10 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 332 | French Beginners | Jones, Toby | 1 | Covenant Christian School | Belrose |
| 333 | French Beginners | Melville, Lucy | 1 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 334 | French Beginners | Grunseit, Emily | 3 | Barrenjoey High School | Avalon |
| 335 | French Beginners | Henderson, Joshua James | 4 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 336 | French Beginners | Merhi, Jamison | 4 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 337 | French Continuers | Yao, Alexander Desmond | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 338 | French Continuers | Kowalenko, Madeleine | 2 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 339 | French Continuers | Dempsey, Ruby Kate | 3 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 340 | French Continuers | McHugh, Nell Hannah Morgan | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 341 | French Continuers | Briand, Sidney | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 342 | French Extension | Kowalenko, Madeleine | 1 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 343 | French Extension | Yao, Alexander Desmond | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 344 | French Extension | McHugh, Nell Hannah Morgan | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 345 | French Extension | Rice, Nicholas | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 346 | French Extension | Kang, Isabella | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 347 | Geography | Ruse, Rani Zyal | 1 | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 348 | Geography | Reid, Emma | 2 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 349 | Geography | Lawton-Wade, Eleanor | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 350 | Geography | Parker, Finn | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |