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.
| 451 | Italian Beginners | Holthouse, Isabelle Emily | 2 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 452 | Italian Beginners | Zhong, Esther Jia Hui | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 453 | Italian Beginners | Holthouse, Madeleine Elizabeth | 4 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 454 | Italian Beginners | Fera, Jackalyn | 5 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 455 | Italian Beginners | Oyston, Jesse | 5 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 456 | Italian Continuers | Zimmerman, Jack | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 457 | Italian Continuers | Masterman, Isaac | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 458 | Italian Continuers | Witting, Alexandra | 3 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 459 | Italian Continuers | Michalopoulos, Jacqueline | 4 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 460 | Italian Continuers | Palumbo, Richard | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
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| 461 | Italian Extension | Palumbo, Richard | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 462 | Italian Extension | Carozza, Claudia Trevisan | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 463 | Italian Extension | Zimmerman, Jack | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 464 | Italian Extension | Masterman, Isaac | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 465 | Italian Extension | Abel, Charles | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 466 | Japanese and Literature | Yamakawa, Shiori | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 467 | Japanese and Literature | Ota, Sara | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 468 | Japanese Beginners | Choi, Hyomin | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 469 | Japanese Beginners | Balaji, Bhavesh | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 470 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Seohyun | 3 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 471 | Japanese Beginners | Wang, Jiayin (Natalie) | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 472 | Japanese Beginners | Hong, Hannah Jovyna | 5 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 473 | Japanese Continuers | Yu, Michelle | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 474 | Japanese Continuers | Xu, Rosanna | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 475 | Japanese Continuers | Lu, Jia Lin | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 476 | Japanese Continuers | Patterson Rajak, Sasha Bindu | 3 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 477 | Japanese Continuers | Hu, Faustina | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 478 | Japanese Extension | Patterson Rajak, Sasha Bindu | 1 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 479 | Japanese Extension | Cao, Janet | 2 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 480 | Japanese Extension | Suoh, Ashleigh Si Min | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 481 | Japanese Extension | Li, Martin | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 482 | Japanese Extension | Xu, Rosanna | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 483 | Japanese in Context | Yaku, Manami | 1 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 484 | Japanese in Context | Yumoto, Kanon | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 485 | Japanese in Context | Horimoto, Kazune | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 486 | Japanese in Context | Myatt, Riona | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 487 | Japanese in Context | Tanabe, Kaito | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 488 | Khmer Continuers | Chea, Bunthai | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 489 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Seohyun | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 490 | Korean and Literature | Kang, Ji Yoon | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 491 | Korean and Literature | Choe, Jiwon | 3 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 492 | Korean and Literature | Joung, Sohyun | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 493 | Korean and Literature | Bae, Yubin | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 494 | Korean Beginners | Yee, Anneliese Yasmine | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 495 | Korean Beginners | Li, Huixian | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 496 | Korean Beginners | McTackett, Zoe Midori | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 497 | Korean Beginners | Cao, Christina | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 498 | Korean Beginners | Hui, Pui Ling - Yoyie | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 499 | Korean Continuers | Ojha, Anusha | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 500 | Korean Continuers | Tomson, Natasha Jade | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |