This report shows the 2020 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.
| 201 | Design and Technology | Zhou, Yijia | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Adler, Emily Grace | 10 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 203 | Drama | Kahwajy, Paula | 1 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 204 | Drama | Sherwood, Faith | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 205 | Drama | Loofs, Oskar Anthony Felix | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 206 | Drama | Lamble, Jack Edward | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 207 | Drama | Thompson, Courtney | 5 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 208 | Drama | Richens, Annabelle | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 209 | Drama | Brown, Sacha | 7 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 210 | Drama | Kenney, Amelie | 8 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
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| 211 | Drama | Bradford, Ella May | 9 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 212 | Drama | Godwin, Benjamin | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 213 | Dutch Continuers | den Hollander, Tooske | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 214 | Dutch Continuers | Raaijmakers, Izaak | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Sharp, Sarah | 1 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wentworth-Ping, Anxia | 1 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Stark, James Anthony | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Blackall, Gina | 4 | Newcastle High School | Hamilton |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Burch, Matthew | 4 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Csillag, Jessica | 4 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Eckstein, Isla | 4 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Harrison, Alexander | 4 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Bland, Sebastian | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Busselmann, Thomas | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 225 | Economics | Lim, Julina | 1 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 226 | Economics | Kam, Zhan Yue | 2 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
| 227 | Economics | Carrozzi, Olivia | 3 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 228 | Economics | Singh, Himanshu | 3 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 229 | Economics | De Rosa, Jasmine | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 230 | Economics | McCredie, Finlay Donald Press | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 231 | Economics | Ong, Natasha June-Ann | 5 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 232 | Economics | Yoffe, Lior | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 233 | Economics | Wang, Catherine Liyuan | 9 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 234 | Economics | Chindilas, Chrisovalanti | 10 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest |
| 235 | Economics | Lam, Grace | 10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 236 | Economics | Zappia, Megan | 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 237 | Electrotechnology Examination | Kinkade, Andy | 1 | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 238 | Electrotechnology Examination | Willis, Robert | 2 | Riverina Institute Wagga Wagga Campus | Wagga Wagga |
| 239 | Electrotechnology Examination | Howell, Christopher | 3 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 240 | Electrotechnology Examination | Stankovic, Nicolas | 3 | Illawarra Institute Wollongong Campus | Wollongong |
| 241 | Electrotechnology Examination | Curtin, Harry | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 242 | Electrotechnology Examination | Dewberry-Fitzgerald, Lachlan | 5 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Vos, Lachlan | 1 | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Kemp, Thomas | 2 | Trinity Anglican College Albury | Thurgoona |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Ho, Lachlan James | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Masia, Cas Joseph | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Whelan, Oliver | 3 | Heathcote High School | Heathcote |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Jiang, Daniel | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Petrovic, Conrad | 6 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Nguyen, Elvis | 8 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |