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 | Amodeo, James Harrison | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 2 | Axam, Sammi | Gosford High School | Gosford | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 3 | Brown, Ethan Geoffrey | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 4 | Byeon, Sooin | Henry Kendall High School | Gosford | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 5 | Chan, Phallin | Taylors College | Waterloo | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 6 | Chan, Ricky | Gosford High School | Gosford | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 7 | Chen, Kexin | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 8 | Chen, Yujun (Agnes) | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 9 | Chen, Yutong | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 10 | Cho, Kaitlyn Yeji | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
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| 11 | Cho, Kaitlyn Yeji | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | Japanese Beginners | Subject rank | 1 |
| 12 | Cho, So Hyun | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 13 | Cho, Yelim (Ashley) | Chatswood High School | Chatswood | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 14 | Choi, Ashley Seokyung | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 15 | Choi, Chaeeun (Rebecca) | Marsden High School | Meadowbank | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 16 | Choi, Jihye (Ana) | Marsden High School | Meadowbank | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 17 | Choi, Jihye (Ana) | Marsden High School | Meadowbank | Japanese Beginners | Subject rank | 5 |
| 18 | Condon, Hannah | St Vincents College | Potts Point | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 19 | Davies, Benjamin Douglas | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 20 | Ding, Tiande David | Kogarah High School | Kogarah | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 21 | Dong, Lisa | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 22 | Fan, Zizhao | Mosman High School | Mosman | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 23 | Fei, Claire | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 24 | Fong, Natasha | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 25 | Gilbert, Angus | St Augustines College | Brookvale | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 26 | Hardy, Kalliste | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 27 | He, Chuyi | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 28 | Hoang, Minh Trang (Jane) | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 29 | Hu, Jasmin | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 30 | Huang, Annabelle Chung-I | St Catherines School | Waverley | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 31 | Huang, Annabelle Chung-I | St Catherines School | Waverley | Japanese Beginners | Subject rank | 2 |
| 32 | Huang, Yaofeng | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 33 | Hughson, Kay Endo | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 34 | Hui, Yiwen Vivian | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 35 | Hwang, Ji Won (Joanna) | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 36 | Hwang, Joshua | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 37 | Hwang, Joshua | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Japanese Beginners | Subject rank | 2 |
| 38 | Jiang, Yuyan (April) | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 39 | Joffe, Tomer | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 40 | Ju, Xinran | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 41 | Jung, Joo Hye | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 42 | Kabbout, Dean | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 43 | Kao, Mandy | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 44 | Karni, Eveline | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 45 | Kim, Daniel | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 46 | Kim, Eunseo Lilian | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 47 | Kim, James | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 48 | Kim, Soolim | Macquarie Grammar School | Sydney | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 49 | Kouch, Jennifer | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills | Japanese Beginners | DA | |
| 50 | Kourch, Vivian Sariah | Taylors College | Waterloo | Japanese Beginners | DA | |