This report shows the 2022 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 2 | Coppin, Rex | 4 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay |
| 302 | English Extension 2 | Cullen, Sean | 5 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood |
| 303 | English Extension 2 | Kearney, Samuel Patrick | 6 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 304 | English Extension 2 | Turner, Savvina-Elisavet | 7 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 305 | English Extension 2 | Moini Shabestari, Aida | 8 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 306 | English Extension 2 | Hood, Lucy | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 307 | English Extension 2 | Bhatt, Neera | 10 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 308 | English Standard | Boulad, Zayn | 1 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 309 | English Standard | Mallise, Ava | 2 | Kildare Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 310 | English Standard | Girard, Patrick | 3 | Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | Calala |
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| 311 | English Standard | O'Rourke, James Patrick Tiernan | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 312 | English Standard | Agha, Aisha | 5 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 313 | English Standard | Sheikh, Hira | 6 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 314 | English Standard | Vouzakis, Nikola | 7 | Sylvania High School | Sylvania |
| 315 | English Standard | Barker, Molly Louise | 8 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 316 | English Standard | Colman, Chloe Rose | 8 | St Clares College | Waverley |
| 317 | English Standard | Vonwiller, Sophie | 8 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 318 | English Standard | Guo, Clive Ziye | 11 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 319 | English Standard | Ritch, Bianca | 11 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 320 | English Standard | Taylor, Lincoln | 13 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 321 | English Standard | Meares, Frida Hazel Scard | 14 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 322 | English Standard | Talevski, Brendan | 14 | Kingsgrove High School | Kingsgrove |
| 323 | English Standard | Thorne, Tameka | 14 | John Therry Catholic College | Rosemeadow |
| 324 | English Standard | Touma, Eleanora | 14 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 325 | English Standard | Trotnar, Sophia | 14 | St John XXIII Catholic College Secondary | Stanhope Gardens |
| 326 | English Standard | Butler, Daniel | 19 | St George Christian School | Hurstville |
| 327 | English Standard | Karsay, Charli | 19 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 328 | English Standard | Latu, Leafa | 19 | Regents Park Christian School | Regents Park |
| 329 | English Standard | Sirovica, Harley | 19 | MacKillop College Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 330 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Talty, Jack | 1 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 331 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Inwood, Louis William | 2 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 332 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Hill, Jessica | 3 | Bradfield College | St Leonards |
| 333 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Barounos, Natasha | 4 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 334 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Goiser, Mackenzie | 5 | Karabar High School | Queanbeyan |
| 335 | Filipino Continuers | Aquino, Jannah Sandara | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 336 | Filipino Continuers | Estrada, Eloise | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 337 | Filipino Continuers | Penaranda, Elyza Morena | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 338 | Filipino Continuers | Danieles, Rockford Angelik | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 339 | Filipino Continuers | Manalo, Karel | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 340 | Financial Services Examination | Kennard, Orlando | 1 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 341 | Financial Services Examination | Muir, Hannah | 2 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 342 | Food Technology | Chalfa, Katarina | 1 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 343 | Food Technology | Compton, Aniek | 1 | Cronulla High School | Cronulla |
| 344 | Food Technology | Jenkins, Lilian Shelley | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 345 | Food Technology | Cordina, Mikayla | 4 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 346 | Food Technology | Robinson, Charlotte | 4 | Temora High School | Temora |
| 347 | Food Technology | Gilmore, Caitlan Tara | 6 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 348 | Food Technology | Hsieh, Nancy | 7 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 349 | Food Technology | McGroder, Hannah | 8 | Cronulla High School | Cronulla |
| 350 | Food Technology | Kalamvokis, Eryn | 9 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |