This is the NSW HSC Honour Roll, listing every award or prize won by New South Wales HSC students in 2016, along with their school and subject details.
The report includes all Distinguished Achiever awards, All Rounder awards, and Subject Top Achiever awards (with rankings). First in Course awards are shown as Subject Top Achiever awards with a ranking of '1' i.e. first place.
The report also includes significant Australian national awards and prizes such as the Australian Student Prize.
| 1 | Adamo, Dominic Vincent | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 2 | Agapitos, Terry | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 3 | Glanville, Maxwell | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
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| 4 | Glanville, Maxwell | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Classical Greek Extension | Subject rank | 2 |
| 5 | Jarmain, Luke Gregory | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 6 | Mahapatra, Vaidehi | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 7 | Maxwell, Anna | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 8 | Maxwell, Anna | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Classical Greek Extension | Subject rank | 4 |
| 9 | Rothery, Mark Henry | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 10 | Rothery, Mark Henry | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove | Classical Greek Extension | Subject rank | 1 |
| 11 | Roux, Hannah | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 12 | Roux, Hannah | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble | Classical Greek Extension | Subject rank | 5 |
| 13 | Taurian, Michael | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 14 | Wu, Henry | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 15 | Xu, Michael | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Classical Greek Extension | DA | |
| 16 | Xu, Michael | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Classical Greek Extension | Subject rank | 3 |