This report shows the 2009 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.
| 151 | Chinese Extension | Hu, Andy Shiun Fong | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 152 | Chinese Extension | Sam-Yue, Julie | 5 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Lam, Victor | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Continuers | Thambyrajah, Jonathan | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Continuers | Chan, Branden | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 156 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wilson, Thomas Alexander | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 157 | Classical Greek Continuers | McClelland, Jessie Laura | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Lam, Victor | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 159 | Classical Greek Extension | Chan, Branden | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 160 | Classical Greek Extension | Thambyrajah, Jonathan | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
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| 161 | Classical Greek Extension | Wilson, Thomas Alexander | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 162 | Classical Greek Extension | Katsikaros, Christian Nicholas | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Zinn, Matityahu | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Lavan, Ilan | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Robinson, Devora | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Shmilovits, Doron | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Schumer, Jeffrey | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Zinn, Matityahu | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Robinson, Devora | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 170 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Sesel, Amy-Lee | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 171 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Lavan, Ilan | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 172 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Milecki, Brookie | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Penning, Anisse Clare | 1 | Trinity Catholic College Goulburn | Goulburn |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Rogers, Elouise Elizabeth | 2 | Cumberland High School | Carlingford |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Allen, Emily | 3 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Harris, Olivia Anne | 4 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | El-Rab, Jasmine | 5 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Shilson-Josling, Morgan Jane Rosemary | 6 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | Penales, Catherine Marie | 7 | Mount Carmel Catholic High School | Varroville |
| 180 | Community and Family Studies | Pavey, Laura Danielle | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 181 | Community and Family Studies | Cuthbert, Danielle | 9 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 182 | Community and Family Studies | Handley, Siobhan Alexandra | 9 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 183 | Construction Examination | Scott, Aaron William | 1 | St John The Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra |
| 184 | Construction Examination | Brown, Samuel | 2 | Asquith Boys High School | Asquith |
| 185 | Construction Examination | Perera, Damian Shan | 3 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 186 | Construction Examination | Johnston, Andrew William | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Robertson, Max | 5 | Illawarra Institute Wollongong Campus | Wollongong |
| 188 | Construction Examination | Martin, Scott James | 6 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Mellick, Nicholas | 6 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 190 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Hagarty, Michael | 1 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 191 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | McNamara, Christopher David | 2 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 192 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | An, Vincent | 3 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 193 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Clark, Elliot Julian | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 194 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Vasan, Nikhil | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 195 | Croatian Continuers | Karavdic, Ema | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 196 | Dance | Rankin, Amelia | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 197 | Dance | Andrews, Jennifer | 2 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 198 | Dance | Stackpole, Annabelle | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 199 | Dance | Mulley, Kirralee | 4 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 200 | Dance | Robertson, Jessica | 5 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |