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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |