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.
| 701 | Physics | Wright, Jesse | 4 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 702 | Physics | Nguyen, Lan | 5 | Moorebank High School | Moorebank |
| 703 | Physics | Zhang, Yichen | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 704 | Physics | Beydoun, Chloe | 7 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 705 | Physics | Liang, Phillip | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 706 | Physics | Zheng, Tianyue | 7 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 707 | Physics | Lin, Julia | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 708 | Polish Continuers | Szymanska, Jagoda | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 709 | Polish Continuers | Golos, Weronika | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 710 | Polish Continuers | Kotasinska, Izabela | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
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| 711 | Polish Continuers | Brzozowska, Izabella | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 712 | Polish Continuers | Chorobski, Monika | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 713 | Portuguese Continuers | Lopes Da Silva, Eunice | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 714 | Portuguese Continuers | Moreira Coelho, Tatiana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 715 | Portuguese Continuers | Vasco, Dara | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 716 | Portuguese Continuers | Pereira, Henrique Yuji | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 717 | Primary Industries Examination | Jeffery, Emily | 1 | Red Bend Catholic College | Forbes |
| 718 | Primary Industries Examination | Brown, Lindsay | 2 | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 719 | Primary Industries Examination | Williams, Stephanie Anne | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 720 | Primary Industries Examination | Peel, Thomas | 4 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 721 | Primary Industries Examination | Bignell, Madalyn | 5 | Gloucester High School | Gloucester |
| 722 | Primary Industries Examination | Dunlop, Piper | 5 | Dubbo College Senior Campus | Dubbo |
| 723 | Primary Industries Examination | Langfield, Matthew | 5 | Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | Calala |
| 724 | Punjabi Continuers | Kaur, Vipneet | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 725 | Punjabi Continuers | Kaur, Bavneet | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 726 | Punjabi Continuers | Lamba, Sehaj preet singh | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 727 | Retail Services Examination | Hamment, Tarryn | 1 | Georges River Grammar | Georges Hall |
| 728 | Russian Continuers | Kucherenko, Yuliya | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 729 | Russian Continuers | Bashkova, Inna | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 730 | Russian Continuers | Skripnikova, Yelizaveta | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 731 | Russian Continuers | James, Elizaveta (Eliza) | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 732 | Russian Continuers | Uzlova, Maria | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 733 | Senior Science | Zheng, Yiran (Betty) | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 734 | Senior Science | Melhuish, Matthew | 2 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 735 | Senior Science | Trollor, Ashton | 3 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 736 | Senior Science | Ambalavanar, Nitharsaa | 4 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 737 | Senior Science | Lee Vidal, Tamara | 5 | Sydney Institute Randwick College | Randwick |
| 738 | Senior Science | Carbone, Emma Catherine | 6 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 739 | Senior Science | Cilia, Rebecca Marie | 7 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 740 | Senior Science | Kitchen, Samantha | 8 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 741 | Senior Science | Brown, Vanessa | 9 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 742 | Senior Science | Carolan, Olivia Kate | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 743 | Senior Science | Stephens, Hannah | 9 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 744 | Serbian Continuers | Arnold, Andela | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 745 | Serbian Continuers | Dukic, Stefan | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 746 | Serbian Continuers | Popovic, Adrian | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 747 | Serbian Continuers | Erdeljan Djordjevic, Katarina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 748 | Serbian Continuers | Avramovic, Jelena | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 749 | Society and Culture | Mitchell, Zoe | 1 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 750 | Society and Culture | Diasinos, Chrysanthi | 2 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |