This report shows the 2021 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.
| 151 | Classical Greek Extension | Mesimeris, Isander | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 152 | Classical Greek Extension | Huynh, Justin | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 153 | Classical Greek Extension | Reed-Stephenson, Patrick | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Extension | Tang, Albert | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Extension | O'Brien, Finn Michael | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 156 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Spielman, Shoshana | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 157 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Groner, Schneur Chaim | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 158 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Joshua, Noah | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 159 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Feldman, Fraida | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Gestetner, Yakov | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Spielman, Shoshana | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Groner, Schneur Chaim | 2 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Gestetner, Yakov | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Eisenberg, Shira | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Feldman, Fraida | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 166 | Community and Family Studies | Alameddine, Daania | 1 | Fairvale High School | Fairfield West |
| 167 | Community and Family Studies | Dagger, Abbi | 2 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 168 | Community and Family Studies | Stewart, Charlotte | 3 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 169 | Community and Family Studies | Venkatesh, Anoushka | 4 | Blacktown Girls High School | Blacktown |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Gidley, Ava | 5 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | Syed Zaidi, Mohammad | 5 | Patrician Brothers College Blacktown | Blacktown |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Tran, Diane | 5 | Mary MacKillop College | Wakeley |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Heyse, Anouck | 8 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Lenertz, Gemma | 8 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | White, Lillian Ruth | 8 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 176 | Construction Examination | Khattar, Tony | 1 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 177 | Construction Examination | Wells, Oliver | 1 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 178 | Construction Examination | Wilson, Brock | 1 | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 179 | Construction Examination | Wysman, Jordan | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Filer, Harlam | 5 | Emmaus Catholic College | Kemps Creek |
| 181 | Construction Examination | Scott, Angus | 6 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 182 | Construction Examination | Porteus, Krystal | 7 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Azzi, Charbel | 8 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Bates, Rebekah | 9 | Bowral High School | Bowral |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Luckett, Joe | 9 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Oram, Will | 9 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 187 | Croatian Continuers | Abicic, Marta | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 188 | Dance | Kinnear, Isobel | 1 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 189 | Dance | Machet, Talia Aviva | 1 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 190 | Dance | Greuter, Hanako | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
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| 191 | Dance | Buson, Megan | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 192 | Dance | Monahan, Heidi | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 193 | Design and Technology | Carter, Lucrecia | 1 | St Benedicts Catholic College | Oran Park |
| 194 | Design and Technology | Lumby, Zoe | 1 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 195 | Design and Technology | Cornford, Samantha | 3 | Warners Bay High School | Warners Bay |
| 196 | Design and Technology | McInerney-Wand, Jemma | 3 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Dengate, Joshua | 5 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Roshka, Johanna | 5 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Stillitano, Frank | 5 | Magdalene Catholic College | Narellan |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Walsh, Jessica | 5 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 201 | Design and Technology | Feather, William David | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 202 | Design and Technology | Murray, Jacob | 9 | De La Salle College Revesby Heights | Revesby Heights |
| 203 | Drama | Fitzhardinge, Ginger | 1 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 204 | Drama | Persechino, Matteo | 1 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 205 | Drama | Thai, Tara | 1 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 206 | Drama | Wolff, Jadzia | 1 | Kingscliff High School | Kingscliff |
| 207 | Drama | El-Haddad, Isabella | 5 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 208 | Drama | Longney, Erin | 6 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 209 | Drama | Graham, Rory | 7 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 210 | Drama | Gerrans, Tom | 8 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 211 | Drama | Findlay, Lucy | 9 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 212 | Drama | Vongpoothorn, Phetmanee | 10 | Oran Park Anglican College | Oran Park |
| 213 | Dutch Continuers | Roelands, Jim | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 214 | Dutch Continuers | de Wit, Tim | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 215 | Dutch Continuers | Den Hollander, Jan | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 216 | Dutch Continuers | Juffermans, Nikki Michelle | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 217 | Dutch Continuers | Moonen, Elyana Sara | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hateley, Delta Jarrah | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Eardley, Neve Elizabeth | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hagiwara, Hayley | 3 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Li, Chan | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Muller, Maddison | 3 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Schier, Lachlan | 3 | Shellharbour Anglican College | Dunmore |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Birch, Demi | 7 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 225 | Earth and Environmental Science | Nguyen, Jennifer | 8 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 226 | Earth and Environmental Science | Rajab, Sumaya | 9 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 227 | Earth and Environmental Science | Currie, Ethan | 10 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 228 | Earth and Environmental Science | Deeth, Tiana | 10 | Vincentia High School | Vincentia |
| 229 | Earth and Environmental Science | Lagarez, Ebony | 10 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 230 | Economics | Koder, Lucy | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 231 | Economics | Mackay, Keats | 2 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 232 | Economics | Lock, Tameea | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 233 | Economics | Chan, Hiu Yeung | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 234 | Economics | Mavila, Rohan | 5 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 235 | Economics | Liyanage, Janiru | 6 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 236 | Economics | Duncan-Keen, Callum | 7 | Scots All Saints College | White Rock |
| 237 | Economics | Bolland, Zack | 8 | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest |
| 238 | Economics | Yousaf, Nayaab | 9 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 239 | Economics | Paton, Mayling Natalie Vera | 10 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 240 | Electrotechnology Examination | Liddell, Abram John | 1 | Western Institute Dubbo Campus | Dubbo |
| 241 | Electrotechnology Examination | Asplet, Charlie | 2 | Sydney Institute Sutherland College Gymea Campus | Gymea |
| 242 | Electrotechnology Examination | Colquhoun, Aiden | 3 | Holy Spirit College Bellambi | Bellambi |
| 243 | Electrotechnology Examination | Shim, Oliver | 4 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 244 | Electrotechnology Examination | Dawson, Michael | 5 | La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Macdougall, Matthew | 1 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Ivory, Cooper William | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Jensen, Daniel David | 3 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Calder, Matthew | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Cerneaz, Izaak | 4 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Jones, Alfie William | 4 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Pettett, Patrick Matthew | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Beetham, Lochlan | 8 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Gardner, Brice | 9 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 254 | Engineering Studies | James, Cameron | 10 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 255 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Ryan | 10 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 256 | Engineering Studies | Lynch, Sam | 10 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 257 | English Advanced | Coughlan, Billie | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 258 | English Advanced | Halliday Shand, Rachel | 1 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 259 | English Advanced | Ung, Michelle | 1 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 260 | English Advanced | Wen, Rita | 4 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 261 | English Advanced | Paton, Mayling Natalie Vera | 5 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 262 | English Advanced | Clubb, Harrison John | 6 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 263 | English Advanced | Gupta, Arnav | 7 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 264 | English Advanced | Graham, Rory | 8 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 265 | English Advanced | Bittar, Nicholas Garth | 9 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 266 | English Advanced | McGrath, Kashia | 10 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 267 | English Advanced | Raffoul, Jacob | 10 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 268 | English Advanced | Rogers, Imogen | 10 | Penrith Christian School | Orchard Hills |
| 269 | English Advanced | Zhao, O'felia | 13 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 270 | English Advanced | Hong, James Joo | 14 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 271 | English Advanced | Ma, Max | 14 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 272 | English Advanced | Finlayson, Lara Louise | 16 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 273 | English Advanced | Le, Angela | 17 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 274 | English Advanced | Taghvaei, Ryan | 17 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 275 | English Advanced | Cook, Harriet Rose | 19 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 276 | English Advanced | Ho, Samantha | 19 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 277 | English EAL/D | Zheng, Minxi | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 278 | English EAL/D | Nguyen, Ly Tam Nhu | 2 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 279 | English EAL/D | Wang, Yong | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 280 | English EAL/D | Nguyen, Lan Anh | 4 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 281 | English EAL/D | Zhou, Kaiyang | 5 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 282 | English EAL/D | Chan, Wing Sze | 6 | Kogarah High School | Kogarah |
| 283 | English EAL/D | Pham, Ai Thu | 7 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 284 | English EAL/D | Xie, Hanke | 7 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 285 | English EAL/D | Wang, Huaiyue | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 286 | English EAL/D | Yip, Max Shing Hoi | 10 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 287 | English Extension 1 | Chipman, Kate Teresa | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 288 | English Extension 1 | Gerrans, Tom | 2 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 289 | English Extension 1 | Ung, Michelle | 3 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 290 | English Extension 1 | You, Metilda Yun Mei | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 291 | English Extension 1 | Lalic, Bianca | 5 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 292 | English Extension 1 | Lambie, Ava | 6 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
| 293 | English Extension 1 | Cowlishaw, Lucy | 7 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 294 | English Extension 1 | Paton, Mayling Natalie Vera | 8 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 295 | English Extension 1 | Finlayson, Lara Louise | 9 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 296 | English Extension 1 | Halliday Shand, Rachel | 10 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 297 | English Extension 2 | Saywell, Lucy | 1 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 298 | English Extension 2 | Krishna, Priyanka | 2 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
| 299 | English Extension 2 | Desai, Anjalee | 3 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 300 | English Extension 2 | Rabbani, Amal | 4 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 301 | English Extension 2 | Luchko, Isabella | 5 | Regents Park Christian School | Regents Park |
| 302 | English Extension 2 | Knight, Maggie | 6 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 303 | English Extension 2 | Zafiropoulos, Antony | 7 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 304 | English Extension 2 | Maher, Luke | 8 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 305 | English Extension 2 | Droga, Emil | 9 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 306 | English Extension 2 | Smart, Maddison | 10 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 307 | English Standard | Pellegrini, Scarlett | 1 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 308 | English Standard | Ersamuk, Selin | 2 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 309 | English Standard | Huynh, Jayden | 3 | Randwick Boys High School | Randwick |
| 310 | English Standard | Mohanarajah, Dineshe | 4 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 311 | English Standard | Barghachoun, Aya | 5 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 312 | English Standard | Hijazi, Nadia | 6 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 313 | English Standard | Muspah, Fatma | 6 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 314 | English Standard | Pattinson, Damien | 6 | John Therry Catholic College | Rosemeadow |
| 315 | English Standard | Metleg, Annam | 9 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 316 | English Standard | Ahn, Rebecca | 10 | Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus | Shelly Beach |
| 317 | English Standard | Giles, Shannon | 10 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 318 | English Standard | Katz, Sage | 10 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 319 | English Standard | O'Malley, Jamai | 13 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 320 | English Standard | Yaneza, Emilyn | 14 | Doonside High School | Doonside |
| 321 | English Standard | Elmasri, Gabriel | 15 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 322 | English Standard | Kayani, Abdullah | 16 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 323 | English Standard | Kapila, Mohit | 17 | South Western Sydney Institute Liverpool Campus | Liverpool |
| 324 | English Standard | Camilleri, Alana | 18 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 325 | English Standard | Abdel-Qader, Dana | 19 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 326 | English Standard | Mercieca, April | 20 | Doonside High School | Doonside |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Herington, Damon James | 1 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Wooding, Noah | 2 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 329 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Mulholland, Tara Sabine | 3 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 330 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Cameron-Brown, Anderson | 4 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 331 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Collier, Louise | 5 | Engadine High School | Engadine |
| 332 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Stokan, Cassandra Ann | 5 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 333 | Filipino Continuers | Marcos, Princess | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 334 | Filipino Continuers | Wenceslao, Kristina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 335 | Financial Services Examination | Davis, Jarrod | 1 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Shoobridge, Emma | 2 | TAFE Digital | Ultimo |
| 337 | Financial Services Examination | Toogood, Alexandra | 3 | TAFE Digital | Ultimo |
| 338 | Financial Services Examination | Larsen, Kurtis | 4 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 339 | Financial Services Examination | Slack, Oceana | 4 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 340 | Food Technology | Di Bello, Serenna | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 341 | Food Technology | Rodgers, Skye | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 342 | Food Technology | Vogel, Emma | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 343 | Food Technology | Appleby, Cooper | 4 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 344 | Food Technology | Torrillo, Julian | 4 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 345 | Food Technology | Stefani, Helena Anastasia | 6 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 346 | Food Technology | Nguyen, Jesse To Binh | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 347 | Food Technology | Brady, Claudia | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 348 | Food Technology | Tuddenham, Ella | 9 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 349 | Food Technology | Papageorgiou, Evelyn Jasmine | 10 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 350 | French Beginners | Briganti, Therese | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |