This report shows the 2009 top achievers in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list. 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.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | Shinnick, Sophie | 1 | Hunter School of the Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 2 | Aboriginal Studies | Gritten, Marina | 2 | Hunter School of the Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 3 | Aboriginal Studies | Morrison, Gabriella | 3 | Hunter School of the Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 4 | Aboriginal Studies | Hope-Kirchen, Matilda | 4 | Hunter School of the Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 5 | Aboriginal Studies | Coxon, Allana | 5 | Hunter School of the Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 6 | Accounting | Chan, Wai-Hoong | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 7 | Accounting | Chau, Jane | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 8 | Accounting | Bainton, Mitchell | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Northern Beaches Campus | Brookvale |
| 9 | Accounting | Yeap, Amy Mei Sze | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 10 | Accounting | Chan, Sui Hang Sandy | 5 | Sydney Institute St George College | Kogarah |
| 11 | Accounting | Leung, Jeremy | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 12 | Agriculture | Beaumont, Rebecca Daisy | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 13 | Agriculture | McFarlane, Elissa Louisa Ann | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 14 | Agriculture | Chow, Wallace Wai-Kim | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 15 | Agriculture | Induri, Monica | 4 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 16 | Agriculture | Sinha, Tanya | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 17 | Agriculture | Dang, Chantal Truc Phuong | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 18 | Agriculture | Piper, Bethany | 7 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 19 | Agriculture | Hegde, Sukhi | 8 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 20 | Agriculture | Wyburn, Gemma Louise | 9 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 21 | Agriculture | Zang, Yi | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 22 | Ancient History | Fam, Peter | 1 | St Dominics College | Kingswood |
| 23 | Ancient History | Cox, Karina Iris | 2 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 24 | Ancient History | Miu, Ryan Ho Yuen | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 25 | Ancient History | Barman, Sarah | 4 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |