This report shows the 2023 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 | MacCormick, Grace | 9 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 202 | Drama | Levy, Kiana | 1 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 203 | Drama | Roder, Blake Gregory | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 204 | Drama | Hodges, Ryan | 3 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 205 | Drama | Wan, Steven Silin | 4 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 206 | Drama | Mingay, Alexander | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 207 | Drama | Carmody, Jemima | 6 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 208 | Drama | Dastoor, Arianwen | 7 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 209 | Drama | Hunt, Hazel | 8 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 210 | Drama | Tait, George Sheffield | 9 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 211 | Drama | Turner, Samuel Mark | 10 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 212 | Dutch Continuers | Scotter, Ava | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 213 | Dutch Continuers | den Hollander, Lies | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 214 | Dutch Continuers | Hoogewerff, Jules | 3 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Natfaji, Yara | 1 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | de Malmanche, Amy Juliet | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Kneeshaw, Emmanuel Sasha O'Neill | 2 | Ulladulla High School | Ulladulla |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Stevenson, Gemma | 2 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Rahman, Afsana | 5 | Al Noori Muslim School Senior Campus | Greenacre |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Nunan, Lara | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Colagiuri, Dominic | 7 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 222 | Earth and Environmental Science | Jamal, Khoder | 7 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 223 | Earth and Environmental Science | Mason, Phoebe | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 224 | Earth and Environmental Science | Percival, Taylah | 7 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 225 | Economics | Latimer, Hugh McKenzie | 1 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 226 | Economics | Johnstone, Jacob John Stanley | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 227 | Economics | Gregory, Thomas | 3 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 228 | Economics | Ramirez, Jacob | 3 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 229 | Economics | Chen, Jeffrey | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 230 | Economics | Lau, Cheuk Yin | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 231 | Economics | Jacobson, Joel Daniel | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 232 | Economics | Mallemala, Venkatvidipreddy | 8 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 233 | Economics | Zahra, Edward | 9 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 234 | Economics | Nixey, Sophie Amelia | 10 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 235 | Electrotechnology Examination | Bredell, Daniel | 1 | TAFE NSW Gymea | Gymea |
| 236 | Electrotechnology Examination | Pope, Annika | 2 | Holy Spirit College Bellambi | Bellambi |
| 237 | Electrotechnology Examination | Trute, Dylan | 3 | TAFE NSW Glendale | Glendale |
| 238 | Electrotechnology Examination | Pope, Alex | 4 | TAFE NSW Glendale | Glendale |
| 239 | Electrotechnology Examination | Krstin, Seth | 5 | TAFE NSW Port Macquarie | Port Macquarie |
| 240 | Engineering Studies | Prince, Christian | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
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| 241 | Engineering Studies | Ross, Louis | 2 | The Armidale School | Armidale |
| 242 | Engineering Studies | Ung, Mitchell | 3 | Shellharbour Anglican College | Dunmore |
| 243 | Engineering Studies | Lee, Daniel | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 244 | Engineering Studies | Trayhurn, Keith | 5 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 245 | Engineering Studies | Gaha, George Peter | 6 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 246 | Engineering Studies | Nguyen, Alexander | 7 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 247 | Engineering Studies | Christopher, Euan | 8 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 248 | Engineering Studies | Leuzzi, Jamie | 8 | Randwick Boys High School | Randwick |
| 249 | Engineering Studies | Macdougall, Alexander Oliver | 8 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 250 | Engineering Studies | Nixon, Tobias | 8 | Kooringal High School | Kooringal |
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Shapter, Brandan | 8 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Tang, Zachary | 8 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Wang, Sean Xinxiang | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 254 | English Advanced | Ho, Khang Nguyen | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 255 | English Advanced | Stace, Caleb | 2 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 256 | English Advanced | Carr, Leila | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 257 | English Advanced | Hannagan, Stella | 4 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 258 | English Advanced | Wang, Angie | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 259 | English Advanced | Stavrakis, Olivia | 6 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 260 | English Advanced | Du, Grace | 7 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 261 | English Advanced | Fadel, Laurena | 8 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 262 | English Advanced | Fountain, Joseph | 8 | St Pauls Catholic College Manly | Manly |
| 263 | English Advanced | Martin, Max | 8 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 264 | English Advanced | Nader, Adrian | 8 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 265 | English Advanced | Sambyal, Aarya | 8 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 266 | English Advanced | Thai, Wilson | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 267 | English Advanced | Bao, Sydney | 14 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 268 | English Advanced | Zahid, Meerab | 15 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 269 | English Advanced | Johns-Hammond, Arlo | 16 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 270 | English Advanced | Markson, Piper | 17 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 271 | English Advanced | Issa, Samarah | 18 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 272 | English Advanced | Zuo, Daming | 19 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 273 | English Advanced | Bartram, Joseph | 20 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 274 | English Advanced | Cook, Evie | 20 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 275 | English EAL/D | Kwok, Tsz Ying | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 276 | English EAL/D | Lu, Xinyan | 2 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 277 | English EAL/D | Bao, Yuechen | 3 | Finigan School of Distance Education | Queanbeyan |
| 278 | English EAL/D | Fan, Jiahe | 4 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 279 | English EAL/D | Pham, Nguyen Nha Uyen | 5 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 280 | English EAL/D | Chung, Yuk Ting | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 281 | English EAL/D | Xin, Yumeng | 7 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 282 | English EAL/D | Tian, Meiying | 8 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 283 | English EAL/D | Lu, Zhihui | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 284 | English EAL/D | Li, Yiru | 10 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 285 | English Extension 1 | Johnstone, Jacob John Stanley | 1 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 286 | English Extension 1 | Curran, Ella | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 287 | English Extension 1 | Bao, Sydney | 3 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 288 | English Extension 1 | Patel, Nirzara | 4 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 289 | English Extension 1 | Chapman, Cate | 5 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 290 | English Extension 1 | Kennedy, Grace | 6 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 291 | English Extension 1 | Sambyal, Aarya | 7 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 292 | English Extension 1 | Gou, Macy | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 293 | English Extension 1 | Denman, Joseph | 9 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 294 | English Extension 1 | Blumberg, Noah | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 295 | English Extension 2 | Douglas-Giles, Orlando | 1 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 296 | English Extension 2 | Dunn, Raphael | 2 | Lakes Grammar An Anglican School | Warnervale |
| 297 | English Extension 2 | Pannell, Laura | 3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 298 | English Extension 2 | Rucinski, Aaron | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 299 | English Extension 2 | Fisher, Rowena Diniru | 5 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 300 | English Extension 2 | Tonkin, Harriet | 6 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 301 | English Extension 2 | Dennis, Catherine | 7 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 302 | English Extension 2 | O'Loughlin, Eamonn | 8 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 303 | English Extension 2 | Stace, Caleb | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 304 | English Extension 2 | Symington, Charlotte | 10 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 305 | English Standard | Bradshaw, Nicholas | 1 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 306 | English Standard | Meng, Bonnie | 2 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 307 | English Standard | Gottheiner, Ella Minna | 3 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 308 | English Standard | Najdova, Ivana | 3 | Kogarah High School | Kogarah |
| 309 | English Standard | Ward, Brayden | 3 | Cronulla High School | Cronulla |
| 310 | English Standard | Gamaleldin, Shereif Tamer Mousaad Abdelhamid | 6 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 311 | English Standard | Grocott, Alannah | 7 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 312 | English Standard | Anderson, Annabelle | 8 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 313 | English Standard | McLoughlin, Demi | 9 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 314 | English Standard | Abbott, Millie | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 315 | English Standard | Fox, Sam Eli | 11 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 316 | English Standard | Swanton, Luca | 12 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 317 | English Standard | Woods, Annabelle | 13 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 318 | English Standard | Khan, Mohammed | 14 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 319 | English Standard | Stanfield, Laura | 14 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 320 | English Standard | Mendez, Izzi | 16 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 321 | English Standard | Fadel, Amarr | 17 | Salamah College | Chester Hill |
| 322 | English Standard | Lisitskaya, Ksenia | 18 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 323 | English Standard | Mace, Indiana | 18 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 324 | English Standard | Gill, Ajaydeep | 20 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Alcorn, Elizabeth | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Bright, Emma | 2 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Varde, Jessie Amelia | 2 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Webber, Claire | 4 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 329 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Dobbie, Romy Mya | 5 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 330 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Fisher, Holly | 5 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 331 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Juarez-Mendoza, Andreas | 7 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 332 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Maloy, Madison | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus | Cromer |
| 333 | Filipino Continuers | Tapang, Nicole Joanna | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 334 | Filipino Continuers | Lim, Cloud Joshua | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 335 | Financial Services Examination | Earl, Taylor | 1 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Thrush, Declan | 2 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 337 | Financial Services Examination | Thrush, Jasmine | 3 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 338 | Financial Services Examination | Henderson, Georgi | 4 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 339 | Financial Services Examination | Noakes, Fergus | 4 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 340 | Financial Services Examination | Wallace, Bracken | 4 | OneSchool Global NSW Maitland | East Maitland |
| 341 | Food Technology | Bell, Jack | 1 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 342 | Food Technology | Hoffman, Quinn | 1 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 343 | Food Technology | James, Ella-Maree | 3 | Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook |
| 344 | Food Technology | Lampret, Jasynta | 3 | Endeavour Sports High School | Caringbah |
| 345 | Food Technology | Achi, Alyssa | 5 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 346 | Food Technology | Khalil, Alissa | 6 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 347 | Food Technology | Ling, Trinity Si-Hui | 7 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 348 | Food Technology | Bugeja, Nicole | 8 | Santa Sophia Catholic College | Gables |
| 349 | Food Technology | Janney, Katelin | 9 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 350 | Food Technology | Townsden, Lily | 9 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 351 | Food Technology | Yazbek, Maria | 11 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 352 | French Beginners | Lightfoot, Liam | 1 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 353 | French Beginners | Wei, Pin-Chi | 2 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 354 | French Beginners | Ng, Denyce Jen Qin | 3 | Australian International School Malaysia | Selangor, Malaysia |
| 355 | French Beginners | Nusaibah, Nashrah | 4 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 356 | French Beginners | Cupitt, Ella | 5 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 357 | French Continuers | Luong, Diane | 1 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 358 | French Continuers | Jones, William | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 359 | French Continuers | Jahani, Ethan | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 360 | French Continuers | Allen, Nicola | 4 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 361 | French Continuers | O'Donnell, Manon | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 362 | French Extension | Silvestri, Emma | 1 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 363 | French Extension | Jahani, Ethan | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 364 | French Extension | Hopper, Liam | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 365 | French Extension | Fanning, Romey | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 366 | French Extension | Bowes, Marcus | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 367 | Geography | Cerneaz, Hailey | 1 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 368 | Geography | Zahra, Edward | 2 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 369 | Geography | Rodgers, Will | 3 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 370 | Geography | Wilson, Alexander | 4 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 371 | Geography | Hansen Weeks, Nicholas | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 372 | Geography | Lombardo, Lorenzo Daniel | 6 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 373 | Geography | Wendler, Lily | 7 | St Clares College | Waverley |
| 374 | Geography | Perry, Etienne | 8 | Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls |
| 375 | Geography | Harding, Ruby | 9 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 376 | Geography | Kelly, Leonard | 9 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 377 | German Beginners | Johnson, Matilda | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 378 | German Beginners | Breuer, Nina | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 379 | German Beginners | Karcher, Ashleigh | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 380 | German Beginners | Ober, Julia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 381 | German Beginners | Zaitsev, Jasmine | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 382 | German Continuers | Rath, Lilly | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 383 | German Continuers | Schlaefle, Kai | 2 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 384 | German Continuers | Maes, Madeleine | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 385 | German Continuers | Paduch, Maya | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 386 | German Continuers | Falkenmire, Alba | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 387 | German Extension | Jayanthi, Anand Harsha | 1 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 388 | German Extension | Kipper, Isabella | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 389 | German Extension | Karuppannan, Arjun | 3 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 390 | German Extension | Falkenmire, Alba | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 391 | German Extension | Mann, Sienna | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 392 | Hindi Continuers | Gupta, Lisa | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 393 | Hindi Continuers | Agarwal, Jaya | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 394 | Hindi Continuers | Gupta, Ishi | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 395 | Hindi Continuers | Kulshreshtha, Naisha | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 396 | Hindi Continuers | Sultana Mohammed, Amena | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 397 | History Extension | Stephens, Elyse | 1 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 398 | History Extension | Maher, Finan | 2 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 399 | History Extension | Patel, Nirzara | 3 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 400 | History Extension | Wu, Thomas | 4 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |