This report shows the 2025 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | Blackmore, Madeleine | 1 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 2 | Aboriginal Studies | Klarich, Ebony | 2 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 3 | Aboriginal Studies | Breen, Sophie | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 4 | Aboriginal Studies | Fugle, Morgan | 4 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 5 | Aboriginal Studies | Macdonald, Isla | 5 | Hunters Hill High School | Hunters Hill |
| 6 | Agriculture | Greager, Simon | 1 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 7 | Agriculture | Hyde, Alexander | 2 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 8 | Agriculture | Rajadhyaksha, Katie | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 9 | Agriculture | Evans, Jade | 4 | Arndell Anglican College | Oakville |
| 10 | Agriculture | Kashyap, Saanvi | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
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| 11 | Agriculture | Lee, Jiahn | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 12 | Agriculture | Griffith, Jordan | 7 | Orange Anglican Grammar School | Orange |
| 13 | Agriculture | Lau, Oliver | 8 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 14 | Agriculture | Taylor, Noah | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 15 | Agriculture | Jawanda, Tegbir | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 16 | Ancient History | Gosling, Arielle | 1 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 17 | Ancient History | Coren, Jessica | 2 | Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School | Middle Cove |
| 18 | Ancient History | Stephen, William | 3 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 19 | Ancient History | Cooper-Larson, Hannah | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 20 | Ancient History | Bartlett, Annabella | 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 21 | Ancient History | Manoj, Aparna | 6 | Redeemer Baptist School | North Parramatta |
| 22 | Ancient History | Goel, Yash Rajh | 7 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 23 | Ancient History | Bawtree, Ethan George | 8 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 24 | Ancient History | Carter, Daniel Graham | 9 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 25 | Ancient History | Reiss, Cara | 10 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 26 | Ancient History | Sutharshan, Dhishana | 10 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 27 | Arabic Continuers | Alamawi, Zaid Zaidoun | 1 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 28 | Arabic Continuers | Almaqram, Rand Ali | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Cabramatta Campus | Cabramatta |
| 29 | Arabic Continuers | Hassan, Salma | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 30 | Arabic Continuers | Al-Khateeb, Mina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Smiths Hill Campus | Wollongong |
| 31 | Arabic Continuers | Ismail, Tala | 5 | Al Sadiq College Greenacre | Greenacre |
| 32 | Arabic Extension | Almaqram, Rand Ali | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Cabramatta Campus | Cabramatta |
| 33 | Arabic Extension | Alaji, Amal | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 34 | Arabic Extension | Okour, Shemss Yousef | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 35 | Arabic Extension | Aljammal, Alessa | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Cabramatta Campus | Cabramatta |
| 36 | Arabic Extension | Alhosan, Ghadah | 5 | Bankstown Senior College | Bankstown |
| 37 | Armenian Continuers | Krikour, Herag | 1 | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 38 | Automotive Examination | Peachey, Aaron | 1 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 39 | Automotive Examination | Oderberg, Reis Daniel | 2 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 40 | Automotive Examination | Mirabella, Giancarlo | 3 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 41 | Automotive Examination | Regner, Connell Rohan | 3 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 42 | Automotive Examination | De Villiers, Samuel | 5 | TAFE NSW Virtual VET | Ultimo |
| 43 | Biology | Zhang, Stacy | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 44 | Biology | Lee-Joe, Maddison Jenny | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 45 | Biology | Soh, Vianna Xuan-Wen | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 46 | Biology | Chung, Sophie | 4 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 47 | Biology | Grimmer, Benjamin | 4 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 48 | Biology | Lenton, Ethan | 4 | Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights |
| 49 | Biology | Sankarashiva, Kanuusan | 4 | Blacktown Boys High School | Blacktown |
| 50 | Biology | Russell, Alessia | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |