This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2010.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 31 |
| 2 | Accounting | 75 |
| 3 | Agriculture | 125 |
| 4 | Ancient History | 1346 |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | 8 |
| 6 | Arabic Extension | 5 |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | 8 |
| 8 | Biology | 1176 |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | 60 |
| 10 | Business Studies | 1523 |
| 11 | Chemistry | 1055 |
| 12 | Chinese Background Speakers | 127 |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | 16 |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | 51 |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | 25 |
| 16 | Classical Greek Continuers | 10 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Extension | 10 |
| 18 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 10 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 14 |
| 20 | Community and Family Studies | 271 |
| 21 | Construction Examination | 17 |
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| 22 | Croatian Continuers | 3 |
| 23 | Dance | 90 |
| 24 | Design and Technology | 297 |
| 25 | Drama | 477 |
| 26 | Dutch Continuers | 4 |
| 27 | Earth and Environmental Science | 109 |
| 28 | Economics | 812 |
| 29 | Electrotechnology Examination | 8 |
| 30 | Engineering Studies | 145 |
| 31 | English (Advanced) | 3798 |
| 32 | English (Standard) | 64 |
| 33 | English as a Second Language | 115 |
| 34 | English Extension 1 | 1366 |
| 35 | English Extension 2 | 618 |
| 36 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 36 |
| 37 | Filipino Continuers | 2 |
| 38 | Food Technology | 253 |
| 39 | French Beginners | 125 |
| 40 | French Continuers | 236 |
| 41 | French Extension | 101 |
| 42 | General Mathematics | 2044 |
| 43 | Geography | 405 |
| 44 | German Beginners | 20 |
| 45 | German Continuers | 80 |
| 46 | German Extension | 29 |
| 47 | History Extension | 509 |
| 48 | Hospitality Examination | 295 |
| 49 | Hungarian Continuers | 3 |
| 50 | Indonesian Background Speakers | 1 |
| 51 | Indonesian Beginners | 11 |
| 52 | Indonesian Continuers | 23 |
| 53 | Indonesian Extension | 9 |
| 54 | Industrial Technology | 384 |
| 55 | Information Processes and Technology | 455 |
| 56 | Information Technology Examination | 31 |
| 57 | Italian Beginners | 59 |
| 58 | Italian Continuers | 73 |
| 59 | Italian Extension | 20 |
| 60 | Japanese Background Speakers | 10 |
| 61 | Japanese Beginners | 116 |
| 62 | Japanese Continuers | 163 |
| 63 | Japanese Extension | 74 |
| 64 | Khmer Continuers | 4 |
| 65 | Korean Background Speakers | 21 |
| 66 | Korean Continuers | 4 |
| 67 | Latin Continuers | 95 |
| 68 | Latin Extension | 75 |
| 69 | Legal Studies | 1004 |
| 70 | Macedonian Continuers | 17 |
| 71 | Mathematics | 3272 |
| 72 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 3375 |
| 73 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1300 |
| 74 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 16 |
| 75 | Modern Greek Beginners | 18 |
| 76 | Modern Greek Continuers | 21 |
| 77 | Modern Greek Extension | 16 |
| 78 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 21 |
| 79 | Modern History | 815 |
| 80 | Music 1 | 806 |
| 81 | Music 2 | 240 |
| 82 | Music Extension | 263 |
| 83 | Persian Background Speakers | 17 |
| 84 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 1221 |
| 85 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | 6 |
| 86 | Physics | 785 |
| 87 | Polish Continuers | 31 |
| 88 | Portuguese Continuers | 1 |
| 89 | Primary Industries Examination | 16 |
| 90 | Retail Services Examination | 11 |
| 91 | Russian Background Speakers | 6 |
| 92 | Senior Science | 398 |
| 93 | Serbian Continuers | 1 |
| 94 | Society and Culture | 337 |
| 95 | Software Design and Development | 149 |
| 96 | Spanish Beginners | 32 |
| 97 | Spanish Continuers | 31 |
| 98 | Spanish Extension | 3 |
| 99 | Studies of Religion I | 1329 |
| 100 | Studies of Religion II | 425 |
| 101 | Swedish Continuers | 4 |
| 102 | Tamil Continuers | 3 |
| 103 | Textiles and Design | 326 |
| 104 | Tourism and Events Examination | 15 |
| 105 | Turkish Continuers | 5 |
| 106 | Ukrainian Continuers | 3 |
| 107 | Vietnamese Continuers | 4 |
| 108 | Visual Arts | 1122 |