This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2015.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 25 |
| 2 | Agriculture | 98 |
| 3 | Ancient History | 857 |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | 19 |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | 12 |
| 6 | Armenian Continuers | 3 |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | 6 |
| 8 | Biology | 1004 |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | 41 |
| 10 | Business Studies | 1406 |
| 11 | Chemistry | 1174 |
| 12 | Chinese Background Speakers | 86 |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | 9 |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | 55 |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | 22 |
| 16 | Classical Greek Continuers | 9 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Extension | 9 |
| 18 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 12 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 16 |
| 20 | Community and Family Studies | 465 |
| 21 | Construction Examination | 17 |
| 22 | Croatian Continuers | 2 |
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| 23 | Dance | 107 |
| 24 | Design and Technology | 366 |
| 25 | Drama | 661 |
| 26 | Earth and Environmental Science | 113 |
| 27 | Economics | 581 |
| 28 | Electrotechnology Examination | 2 |
| 29 | Engineering Studies | 195 |
| 30 | English (Advanced) | 4009 |
| 31 | English (Standard) | 118 |
| 32 | English as a Second Language | 94 |
| 33 | English Extension 1 | 1561 |
| 34 | English Extension 2 | 427 |
| 35 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 12 |
| 36 | Filipino Continuers | 9 |
| 37 | Financial Services Examination | 15 |
| 38 | Food Technology | 278 |
| 39 | French Beginners | 140 |
| 40 | French Continuers | 223 |
| 41 | French Extension | 60 |
| 42 | Geography | 367 |
| 43 | German Beginners | 33 |
| 44 | German Continuers | 54 |
| 45 | German Extension | 23 |
| 46 | Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) | 34 |
| 47 | Heritage Indonesian | 2 |
| 48 | Heritage Japanese | 6 |
| 49 | Heritage Korean | 40 |
| 50 | Hindi Continuers | 14 |
| 51 | History Extension | 414 |
| 52 | Hospitality Examination | 214 |
| 53 | Human Services Examination | 8 |
| 54 | Hungarian Continuers | 4 |
| 55 | Indonesian Beginners | 7 |
| 56 | Indonesian Continuers | 17 |
| 57 | Indonesian Extension | 4 |
| 58 | Industrial Technology | 459 |
| 59 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | 14 |
| 60 | Information Processes and Technology | 198 |
| 61 | Italian Beginners | 61 |
| 62 | Italian Continuers | 56 |
| 63 | Italian Extension | 23 |
| 64 | Japanese Background Speakers | 3 |
| 65 | Japanese Beginners | 84 |
| 66 | Japanese Continuers | 125 |
| 67 | Japanese Extension | 69 |
| 68 | Korean Background Speakers | 10 |
| 69 | Korean Continuers | 10 |
| 70 | Latin Continuers | 101 |
| 71 | Latin Extension | 100 |
| 72 | Legal Studies | 1107 |
| 73 | Macedonian Continuers | 9 |
| 74 | Maltese Continuers | 1 |
| 75 | Mathematics | 3240 |
| 76 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 3079 |
| 77 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1202 |
| 78 | Mathematics General 2 | 1783 |
| 79 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 1 |
| 80 | Modern Greek Beginners | 24 |
| 81 | Modern Greek Continuers | 25 |
| 82 | Modern Greek Extension | 22 |
| 83 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 20 |
| 84 | Modern History | 1280 |
| 85 | Music 1 | 792 |
| 86 | Music 2 | 254 |
| 87 | Music Extension | 239 |
| 88 | Persian Background Speakers | 3 |
| 89 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 1319 |
| 90 | Physics | 802 |
| 91 | Polish Continuers | 12 |
| 92 | Portuguese Continuers | 3 |
| 93 | Primary Industries Examination | 21 |
| 94 | Retail Services Examination | 4 |
| 95 | Russian Continuers | 13 |
| 96 | Senior Science | 481 |
| 97 | Serbian Continuers | 9 |
| 98 | Society and Culture | 541 |
| 99 | Software Design and Development | 151 |
| 100 | Spanish Beginners | 18 |
| 101 | Spanish Continuers | 10 |
| 102 | Spanish Extension | 6 |
| 103 | Studies of Religion I | 1134 |
| 104 | Studies of Religion II | 375 |
| 105 | Swedish Continuers | 2 |
| 106 | Tamil Continuers | 16 |
| 107 | Textiles and Design | 251 |
| 108 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | 4 |
| 109 | Turkish Continuers | 14 |
| 110 | Ukrainian Continuers | 2 |
| 111 | Vietnamese Continuers | 7 |
| 112 | Visual Arts | 1146 |