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.
| 401 | History Extension | Kelly, Leonard | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 402 | History Extension | Riminton, Coco | 6 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 403 | History Extension | Carroll, Emma | 7 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 404 | History Extension | Curran, Ella | 8 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 405 | History Extension | Pullen, Archer | 9 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 406 | History Extension | Kundu, Sumedh | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 407 | Hospitality Examination | Samuel, Leyva | 1 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 408 | Hospitality Examination | Fernando, Ivy Belle | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 409 | Hospitality Examination | Barr, Jordan | 3 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |
| 410 | Hospitality Examination | Khadi, Cameron Jamal | 3 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 411 | Hospitality Examination | Lodge, Ella | 5 | Barham High School | Barham |
| 412 | Hospitality Examination | Fan, Ciara | 6 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 413 | Hospitality Examination | Simmons, Ellie | 6 | St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong |
| 414 | Hospitality Examination | Hockey, Jasmine | 8 | OConnor Catholic College | Armidale |
| 415 | Hospitality Examination | Camilleri, Ella | 9 | Willyama High School | Broken Hill |
| 416 | Hospitality Examination | Kearney, Emily | 9 | Lindisfarne Anglican School | Terranora |
| 417 | Hospitality Examination | Power, Genevieve | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 418 | Human Services Examination | Jazbec, Ema | 1 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 419 | Human Services Examination | Franklin, Mila | 2 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 420 | Human Services Examination | Spisiak, Lucy | 2 | Caroline Chisholm College | Glenmore Park |
| 421 | Human Services Examination | Andreazza, Sienna | 4 | TAFE NSW Griffith | Griffith |
| 422 | Human Services Examination | Goodwin, Mikayla | 5 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 423 | Hungarian Continuers | Herczeg, Tamas | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 424 | Hungarian Continuers | Herczeg, Borbala | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 425 | Hungarian Continuers | Glozik, Anna | 3 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 426 | Hungarian Continuers | Tomka, Adam | 4 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 427 | Hungarian Continuers | Toth, Gergo | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 428 | Indonesian and Literature | McCormick, Jacob Jayasena | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 429 | Indonesian and Literature | Gonesco, Elizabeth | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 430 | Indonesian Beginners | Siswoyo, Melati Indah | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 431 | Indonesian Beginners | Briggs, Reese | 2 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 432 | Indonesian Beginners | Wright, Clare | 3 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 433 | Indonesian Beginners | Hogan, Dominique | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 434 | Indonesian Beginners | Jackson, Cathleen | 5 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 435 | Indonesian Continuers | Maniam, Mahesh | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 436 | Indonesian Continuers | Hall, Jachin | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 437 | Indonesian Continuers | Gill, Amrit | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 438 | Indonesian Continuers | Lucas, Zoe | 4 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 439 | Indonesian Continuers | ten Brinke, Dante | 4 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 440 | Indonesian Extension | Fouwler, Justine | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
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| 441 | Indonesian Extension | Mack, Olivia | 2 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 442 | Industrial Technology | Bust, Isaac | 1 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 443 | Industrial Technology | Hayes, Josh Warren | 2 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 444 | Industrial Technology | Bartholomew, Jordan | 3 | Ardlethan Central School | Ardlethan |
| 445 | Industrial Technology | Ngo, Ricky | 3 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 446 | Industrial Technology | Fereig, Nathan | 5 | Mitchell High School | Blacktown |
| 447 | Industrial Technology | Gale, Dylan | 5 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 448 | Industrial Technology | Kouzan, Ethan | 5 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
| 449 | Industrial Technology | Young, Barnaby Maxwell | 5 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 450 | Industrial Technology | Staniforth, Sean | 9 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 451 | Industrial Technology | March, Baxter | 10 | Woolgoolga High School | Woolgoolga |
| 452 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Schon, Adam | 1 | All Saints Catholic College Casula Campus | Casula |
| 453 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Van Delft Twyford, Harrison Nicholas | 2 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 454 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Macher, Lachlan Joseph | 3 | Southern Cross Catholic College | Burwood |
| 455 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Lee, Harrison Kim | 4 | Marist College Kogarah | Bexley |
| 456 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Luu, Christopher | 4 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 457 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Pandya, Keya Aniruddh | 4 | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
| 458 | Information Processes and Technology | Shivnani, Tanisha | 1 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 459 | Information Processes and Technology | Zhou, Timothy | 1 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 460 | Information Processes and Technology | Arukattu Patabendige, Sanindu | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 461 | Information Processes and Technology | Iwano, Rion | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 462 | Information Processes and Technology | Zhu, Joshua | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 463 | Information Processes and Technology | Campbell, Charlie | 6 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 464 | Information Processes and Technology | Agha, Kareem | 7 | Holroyd High School | Greystanes |
| 465 | Information Processes and Technology | Lun, Joanna | 8 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 466 | Information Processes and Technology | Huang, Ethan | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 467 | Information Processes and Technology | Ahmad, Syed Muzammil | 10 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 468 | Investigating Science | Thompson, Zac | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 469 | Investigating Science | Heslop, Ethan | 2 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 470 | Investigating Science | Jung, Yoonji | 3 | The Ponds High School | The Ponds |
| 471 | Investigating Science | Hirani, Alvera | 4 | The Ponds High School | The Ponds |
| 472 | Investigating Science | Robertson, Lucy | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 473 | Investigating Science | Moran, Clio | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 474 | Investigating Science | Ryan, Leila | 7 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 475 | Investigating Science | Cosentino, Mia | 8 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 476 | Investigating Science | Messenger, Stella Jill | 8 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 477 | Investigating Science | Madhu, Aiswarya | 10 | The Ponds High School | The Ponds |
| 478 | Italian Beginners | Martin, Max | 1 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 479 | Italian Beginners | Fanning, Romey | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 480 | Italian Beginners | Giglioli, Chiara | 2 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 481 | Italian Beginners | Culver, Miki | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 482 | Italian Beginners | Morvillo, Sienna | 5 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 483 | Italian Continuers | Badawi, Diya | 1 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 484 | Italian Continuers | Jahani, Ethan | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 485 | Italian Continuers | Rivera, Matthew | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 486 | Italian Continuers | Cappe, Hannah | 4 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 487 | Italian Continuers | Agius, Siena Mia | 5 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 488 | Italian Extension | Jahani, Ethan | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 489 | Italian Extension | Addabbo, Cecelia | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 490 | Italian Extension | Marchi, Chiara | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 491 | Italian Extension | Rivera, Matthew | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 492 | Italian Extension | Cappe, Hannah | 5 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 493 | Japanese Beginners | Teng, Tsz Hei | 1 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 494 | Japanese Beginners | Simpson, Thomas Oliver | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 495 | Japanese Beginners | Irawan, Adelene | 3 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 496 | Japanese Beginners | So, Satohiro | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 497 | Japanese Beginners | Lee, Johie | 5 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 498 | Japanese Continuers | Yang, Christina | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 499 | Japanese Continuers | Peter, Grace | 2 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 500 | Japanese Continuers | Charoensri, Grace | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 501 | Japanese Continuers | Liu, Sophia | 4 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 502 | Japanese Continuers | Gao, Melissa | 5 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 503 | Japanese Extension | Tang, Binjie | 1 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 504 | Japanese Extension | Wong, Kelly | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 505 | Japanese Extension | Yang, Christina | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 506 | Japanese Extension | Park, Hannah | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 507 | Japanese Extension | Huang, Di Chinh | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 508 | Japanese in Context | Burke, Sara | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 509 | Japanese in Context | Liu, Fu | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 510 | Japanese in Context | Zhang, Xinyue | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 511 | Japanese in Context | Roberts, Martin | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 512 | Japanese in Context | Matsuda, Ao | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 513 | Khmer Continuers | Nget, Noung Munik | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 514 | Khmer Continuers | Sophal, Naliza | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 515 | Khmer Continuers | Taing, Mouyleang | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 516 | Khmer Continuers | Yong, Sokunsorphea | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 517 | Korean and Literature | Hwang, Yubin | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 518 | Korean and Literature | Oh, Taeha | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 519 | Korean and Literature | Song, Daeun | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 520 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Heeseo Alice | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 521 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Donghyun | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 522 | Korean Beginners | Lau, Sammi | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 523 | Korean Beginners | Ishii, Hanae | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 524 | Korean Beginners | Roy, Kiran | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 525 | Korean Beginners | Dooley, Rebecca | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 526 | Korean Beginners | Srivanichakorn, Kasama | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 527 | Korean Continuers | Yu, Junyou | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 528 | Korean Continuers | Widagdo, Clarice | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 529 | Korean Continuers | Chaudhuri, Roopkotha | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 530 | Korean Continuers | Nguyen, Flora Minh Thu | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 531 | Korean Continuers | Tran, Lana | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 532 | Korean in Context | Kim, Min Chae | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 533 | Korean in Context | Im, Yeoeun | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 534 | Korean in Context | Lee, Chae Won | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 535 | Korean in Context | Choi, Yubin | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 536 | Korean in Context | Park, Hyerin | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 537 | Latin Continuers | Wong, Jeremy | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 538 | Latin Continuers | Wang, Toby | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 539 | Latin Continuers | Yoffe, Yoel | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 540 | Latin Continuers | Chen, George | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 541 | Latin Continuers | Steemers, Erik | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 542 | Latin Extension | Wong, Jeremy | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 543 | Latin Extension | Liu, William | 2 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 544 | Latin Extension | Wang, Toby | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 545 | Latin Extension | Yun, Matthew Christopher | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 546 | Latin Extension | Wu, John | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Johnstone, Jacob John Stanley | 1 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Wines, Angus Robert | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Carroll, Emma | 3 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Lau, Annabel Michelle | 4 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 551 | Legal Studies | Ngo, Leyna | 5 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 552 | Legal Studies | Shankar, Keshav | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 553 | Legal Studies | Clayton, Matthew James | 7 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 554 | Legal Studies | Baynie, Tony | 8 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 555 | Legal Studies | McNally, Ainslie | 8 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 556 | Legal Studies | Bolt, Alison | 10 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 557 | Legal Studies | Chong, Hanwei | 11 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 558 | Legal Studies | Davie, Jeremy | 12 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 559 | Legal Studies | Roy, Trisha | 12 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 560 | Legal Studies | Carr, Leila | 14 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 561 | Legal Studies | Anderson, Zoe | 15 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 562 | Legal Studies | Milobara, Brendan Zane | 16 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 563 | Legal Studies | Goldman, Ashley | 17 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 564 | Legal Studies | Reid, Isabel Rose | 18 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 565 | Legal Studies | Bu, Emma | 19 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 566 | Legal Studies | King, Isla | 20 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 567 | Macedonian Continuers | Ristevski, Ivona | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 568 | Macedonian Continuers | Veljancevski, Sylvia | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 569 | Macedonian Continuers | Mitev, Isabella | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 570 | Mathematics Advanced | Ciarroni, Christian | 1 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 571 | Mathematics Advanced | Wong, Jeremy | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 572 | Mathematics Advanced | Gloster, Tom | 3 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 573 | Mathematics Advanced | Wang, Sydney | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 574 | Mathematics Advanced | Lai, Jonathan | 5 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 575 | Mathematics Advanced | Badve, Nikita | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 576 | Mathematics Advanced | Ni, Zachary Tin Myint | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 577 | Mathematics Advanced | Bao, Yuechen | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 578 | Mathematics Advanced | Dabous, Lamar | 9 | Alpha Omega Senior College | Auburn |
| 579 | Mathematics Advanced | Hanlon, James | 9 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 580 | Mathematics Advanced | Kwak, Michael Doyoung | 9 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 581 | Mathematics Advanced | Luan, Boyu | 9 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 582 | Mathematics Advanced | Pham, Ethan | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 583 | Mathematics Advanced | Sarwar, Alishba | 9 | Al-Faisal College Liverpool Campus | Austral |
| 584 | Mathematics Advanced | Stephenson, Kate Tiongson | 9 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 585 | Mathematics Advanced | Aryal, Darshanik | 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 586 | Mathematics Advanced | Siva, Kailash | 17 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 587 | Mathematics Advanced | Kim, Naeun | 18 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 588 | Mathematics Advanced | Nagasinghe, Kulith | 19 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 589 | Mathematics Advanced | Min, Gavin | 20 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 590 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ammangi, Anubhav Dhruv | 1 | Redeemer Baptist School | North Parramatta |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wang, Angie | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Gao, Gavin | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Woo, Ryan | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ren, Yonghan Brian | 5 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhou, Timothy | 6 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Yi, Felix | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ho, Khang Nguyen | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Timmaraju, Rohan | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Lambert, James | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 600 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Wang, Angie | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |