This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2018.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 62 |
| 2 | Agriculture | 96 |
| 3 | Ancient History | 786 |
| 4 | Arabic Beginners | 1 |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | 19 |
| 6 | Arabic Extension | 20 |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | 4 |
| 8 | Automotive Examination | 10 |
| 9 | Biology | 1583 |
| 10 | Business Services Examination | 55 |
| 11 | Business Studies | 1489 |
| 12 | Chemistry | 1027 |
| 13 | Chinese and Literature | 79 |
| 14 | Chinese Beginners | 18 |
| 15 | Chinese Continuers | 78 |
| 16 | Chinese Extension | 24 |
| 17 | Chinese in Context | 55 |
| 18 | Classical Greek Continuers | 11 |
| 19 | Classical Greek Extension | 13 |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 12 |
| 21 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 9 |
| 22 | Community and Family Studies | 321 |
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| 23 | Construction Examination | 34 |
| 24 | Dance | 127 |
| 25 | Design and Technology | 391 |
| 26 | Drama | 585 |
| 27 | Dutch Continuers | 2 |
| 28 | Earth and Environmental Science | 85 |
| 29 | Economics | 684 |
| 30 | Engineering Studies | 179 |
| 31 | English (Advanced) | 3599 |
| 32 | English (Standard) | 264 |
| 33 | English as a Second Language | 72 |
| 34 | English Extension 1 | 1542 |
| 35 | English Extension 2 | 254 |
| 36 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 51 |
| 37 | Filipino Continuers | 4 |
| 38 | Food Technology | 321 |
| 39 | French Beginners | 102 |
| 40 | French Continuers | 184 |
| 41 | French Extension | 59 |
| 42 | Geography | 370 |
| 43 | German Beginners | 39 |
| 44 | German Continuers | 51 |
| 45 | German Extension | 15 |
| 46 | Hindi Continuers | 9 |
| 47 | History Extension | 423 |
| 48 | Hospitality Examination | 126 |
| 49 | Human Services Examination | 6 |
| 50 | Hungarian Continuers | 3 |
| 51 | Indonesian Beginners | 13 |
| 52 | Indonesian Continuers | 22 |
| 53 | Indonesian Extension | 7 |
| 54 | Indonesian in Context | 1 |
| 55 | Industrial Technology | 356 |
| 56 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | 17 |
| 57 | Information Processes and Technology | 173 |
| 58 | Italian Beginners | 62 |
| 59 | Italian Continuers | 50 |
| 60 | Italian Extension | 25 |
| 61 | Japanese and Literature | 2 |
| 62 | Japanese Beginners | 102 |
| 63 | Japanese Continuers | 195 |
| 64 | Japanese Extension | 64 |
| 65 | Japanese in Context | 9 |
| 66 | Khmer Continuers | 1 |
| 67 | Korean and Literature | 13 |
| 68 | Korean Beginners | 21 |
| 69 | Korean Continuers | 8 |
| 70 | Korean in Context | 27 |
| 71 | Latin Continuers | 78 |
| 72 | Latin Extension | 80 |
| 73 | Legal Studies | 1270 |
| 74 | Macedonian Continuers | 2 |
| 75 | Mathematics | 4013 |
| 76 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 2972 |
| 77 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1052 |
| 78 | Mathematics General 2 | 2035 |
| 79 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 6 |
| 80 | Modern Greek Beginners | 39 |
| 81 | Modern Greek Continuers | 31 |
| 82 | Modern Greek Extension | 24 |
| 83 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 23 |
| 84 | Modern History | 1167 |
| 85 | Music 1 | 942 |
| 86 | Music 2 | 306 |
| 87 | Music Extension | 303 |
| 88 | Persian Background Speakers | 4 |
| 89 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 1085 |
| 90 | Physics | 904 |
| 91 | Polish Continuers | 9 |
| 92 | Portuguese Continuers | 4 |
| 93 | Primary Industries Examination | 20 |
| 94 | Punjabi Continuers | 3 |
| 95 | Retail Services Examination | 1 |
| 96 | Russian Continuers | 11 |
| 97 | Senior Science | 262 |
| 98 | Serbian Continuers | 8 |
| 99 | Society and Culture | 575 |
| 100 | Software Design and Development | 231 |
| 101 | Spanish Beginners | 32 |
| 102 | Spanish Continuers | 5 |
| 103 | Spanish Extension | 11 |
| 104 | Studies of Religion I | 748 |
| 105 | Studies of Religion II | 413 |
| 106 | Swedish Continuers | 1 |
| 107 | Tamil Continuers | 22 |
| 108 | Textiles and Design | 209 |
| 109 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | 1 |
| 110 | Turkish Continuers | 13 |
| 111 | Ukrainian Continuers | 1 |
| 112 | Vietnamese Continuers | 5 |
| 113 | Visual Arts | 1083 |