This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2013.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 24 |
| 2 | Agriculture | 129 |
| 3 | Ancient History | 989 |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | 16 |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | 6 |
| 6 | Armenian Continuers | 1 |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | 5 |
| 8 | Biology | 1124 |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | 17 |
| 10 | Business Studies | 1264 |
| 11 | Chemistry | 1339 |
| 12 | Chinese Background Speakers | 110 |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | 17 |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | 35 |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | 17 |
| 16 | Classical Greek Continuers | 14 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Extension | 13 |
| 18 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 9 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 7 |
| 20 | Community and Family Studies | 462 |
| 21 | Construction Examination | 3 |
| 22 | Croatian Continuers | 5 |
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| 23 | Dance | 99 |
| 24 | Design and Technology | 263 |
| 25 | Drama | 611 |
| 26 | Dutch Continuers | 3 |
| 27 | Earth and Environmental Science | 107 |
| 28 | Economics | 656 |
| 29 | Electrotechnology Examination | 4 |
| 30 | Engineering Studies | 161 |
| 31 | English (Advanced) | 3235 |
| 32 | English (Standard) | 130 |
| 33 | English as a Second Language | 63 |
| 34 | English Extension 1 | 1236 |
| 35 | English Extension 2 | 432 |
| 36 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 8 |
| 37 | Filipino Continuers | 9 |
| 38 | Financial Services Examination | 17 |
| 39 | Food Technology | 242 |
| 40 | French Beginners | 107 |
| 41 | French Continuers | 251 |
| 42 | French Extension | 93 |
| 43 | General Mathematics | 1954 |
| 44 | Geography | 359 |
| 45 | German Beginners | 31 |
| 46 | German Continuers | 67 |
| 47 | German Extension | 16 |
| 48 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | 37 |
| 49 | Heritage Indonesian | 1 |
| 50 | Heritage Japanese | 2 |
| 51 | Heritage Korean | 11 |
| 52 | Hindi Continuers | 6 |
| 53 | History Extension | 441 |
| 54 | Hospitality Examination | 252 |
| 55 | Human Services Examination | 7 |
| 56 | Hungarian Continuers | 3 |
| 57 | Indonesian Beginners | 5 |
| 58 | Indonesian Continuers | 22 |
| 59 | Indonesian Extension | 10 |
| 60 | Industrial Technology | 442 |
| 61 | Information Processes and Technology | 340 |
| 62 | Information Technology Examination | 27 |
| 63 | Italian Beginners | 44 |
| 64 | Italian Continuers | 67 |
| 65 | Italian Extension | 20 |
| 66 | Japanese Background Speakers | 4 |
| 67 | Japanese Beginners | 101 |
| 68 | Japanese Continuers | 92 |
| 69 | Japanese Extension | 67 |
| 70 | Khmer Continuers | 2 |
| 71 | Korean Background Speakers | 16 |
| 72 | Korean Continuers | 3 |
| 73 | Latin Continuers | 68 |
| 74 | Latin Extension | 68 |
| 75 | Legal Studies | 1183 |
| 76 | Macedonian Continuers | 9 |
| 77 | Mathematics | 3043 |
| 78 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 2901 |
| 79 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1086 |
| 80 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 4 |
| 81 | Modern Greek Beginners | 13 |
| 82 | Modern Greek Continuers | 21 |
| 83 | Modern Greek Extension | 14 |
| 84 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 28 |
| 85 | Modern History | 1132 |
| 86 | Music 1 | 758 |
| 87 | Music 2 | 309 |
| 88 | Music Extension | 356 |
| 89 | Persian Background Speakers | 8 |
| 90 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 752 |
| 91 | Physics | 885 |
| 92 | Polish Continuers | 16 |
| 93 | Primary Industries Examination | 19 |
| 94 | Retail Services Examination | 32 |
| 95 | Russian Background Speakers | 5 |
| 96 | Senior Science | 506 |
| 97 | Serbian Continuers | 6 |
| 98 | Society and Culture | 604 |
| 99 | Software Design and Development | 116 |
| 100 | Spanish Beginners | 26 |
| 101 | Spanish Continuers | 25 |
| 102 | Spanish Extension | 6 |
| 103 | Studies of Religion I | 1095 |
| 104 | Studies of Religion II | 437 |
| 105 | Swedish Continuers | 4 |
| 106 | Tamil Continuers | 2 |
| 107 | Textiles and Design | 203 |
| 108 | Tourism and Events Examination | 10 |
| 109 | Turkish Continuers | 8 |
| 110 | Ukrainian Continuers | 3 |
| 111 | Vietnamese Continuers | 5 |
| 112 | Visual Arts | 1136 |