This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2020.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 86 |
| 2 | Agriculture | 151 |
| 3 | Ancient History | 635 |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | 27 |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | 32 |
| 6 | Armenian Continuers | 10 |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | 6 |
| 8 | Biology | 1213 |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | 51 |
| 10 | Business Studies | 1681 |
| 11 | Chemistry | 1354 |
| 12 | Chinese and Literature | 78 |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | 19 |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | 81 |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | 28 |
| 16 | Chinese in Context | 76 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Continuers | 5 |
| 18 | Classical Greek Extension | 7 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 13 |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 12 |
| 21 | Community and Family Studies | 442 |
| 22 | Construction Examination | 95 |
| 23 | Dance | 84 |
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| 24 | Design and Technology | 548 |
| 25 | Drama | 750 |
| 26 | Dutch Continuers | 2 |
| 27 | Earth and Environmental Science | 137 |
| 28 | Economics | 674 |
| 29 | Electrotechnology Examination | 6 |
| 30 | Engineering Studies | 272 |
| 31 | English Advanced | 3527 |
| 32 | English EAL/D | 68 |
| 33 | English Extension 1 | 1378 |
| 34 | English Extension 2 | 358 |
| 35 | English Standard | 167 |
| 36 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 93 |
| 37 | Filipino Continuers | 7 |
| 38 | Financial Services Examination | 3 |
| 39 | Food Technology | 300 |
| 40 | French Beginners | 127 |
| 41 | French Continuers | 183 |
| 42 | French Extension | 36 |
| 43 | Geography | 550 |
| 44 | German Beginners | 27 |
| 45 | German Continuers | 53 |
| 46 | German Extension | 29 |
| 47 | Hindi Continuers | 5 |
| 48 | History Extension | 359 |
| 49 | Hospitality Examination | 155 |
| 50 | Human Services Examination | 5 |
| 51 | Hungarian Continuers | 3 |
| 52 | Indonesian and Literature | 1 |
| 53 | Indonesian Beginners | 12 |
| 54 | Indonesian Continuers | 20 |
| 55 | Indonesian Extension | 4 |
| 56 | Industrial Technology | 475 |
| 57 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | 18 |
| 58 | Information Processes and Technology | 156 |
| 59 | Investigating Science | 122 |
| 60 | Italian Beginners | 50 |
| 61 | Italian Continuers | 57 |
| 62 | Italian Extension | 24 |
| 63 | Japanese and Literature | 2 |
| 64 | Japanese Beginners | 109 |
| 65 | Japanese Continuers | 194 |
| 66 | Japanese Extension | 72 |
| 67 | Japanese in Context | 3 |
| 68 | Khmer Continuers | 4 |
| 69 | Korean and Literature | 14 |
| 70 | Korean Beginners | 23 |
| 71 | Korean Continuers | 9 |
| 72 | Korean in Context | 27 |
| 73 | Latin Continuers | 71 |
| 74 | Latin Extension | 90 |
| 75 | Legal Studies | 1622 |
| 76 | Macedonian Continuers | 1 |
| 77 | Mathematics Advanced | 3884 |
| 78 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 3340 |
| 79 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1225 |
| 80 | Mathematics Standard 1 Examination | 35 |
| 81 | Mathematics Standard 2 | 1608 |
| 82 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 3 |
| 83 | Modern Greek Beginners | 28 |
| 84 | Modern Greek Continuers | 32 |
| 85 | Modern Greek Extension | 12 |
| 86 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 25 |
| 87 | Modern History | 1113 |
| 88 | Music 1 | 985 |
| 89 | Music 2 | 264 |
| 90 | Music Extension | 274 |
| 91 | Persian Continuers | 11 |
| 92 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 1491 |
| 93 | Physics | 1009 |
| 94 | Polish Continuers | 12 |
| 95 | Portuguese Continuers | 8 |
| 96 | Primary Industries Examination | 13 |
| 97 | Punjabi Continuers | 4 |
| 98 | Retail Services Examination | 4 |
| 99 | Russian Continuers | 12 |
| 100 | Science Extension | 42 |
| 101 | Serbian Continuers | 11 |
| 102 | Society and Culture | 504 |
| 103 | Software Design and Development | 223 |
| 104 | Spanish Beginners | 46 |
| 105 | Spanish Continuers | 16 |
| 106 | Spanish Extension | 15 |
| 107 | Studies of Religion I | 628 |
| 108 | Studies of Religion II | 402 |
| 109 | Swedish Continuers | 5 |
| 110 | Tamil Continuers | 26 |
| 111 | Textiles and Design | 231 |
| 112 | Tourism, Travel and Events Examination | 4 |
| 113 | Turkish Continuers | 4 |
| 114 | Vietnamese Continuers | 20 |
| 115 | Visual Arts | 1451 |