This report shows the 2010 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 | General Mathematics | Wilcher, Sam | 1 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 2 | General Mathematics | Eppelstun, Xanthe Paige | 2 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 3 | General Mathematics | McCarren, Samuel James | 3 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 4 | General Mathematics | Rogan, Blake Edward | 3 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
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| 5 | General Mathematics | Carmody, Liam Brendan | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 6 | General Mathematics | Ewen, Laura | 5 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 7 | General Mathematics | Hadley, Paige Amber | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 8 | General Mathematics | Johnson, Caitlin Ellen | 5 | Glen Innes High School | Glen Innes |
| 9 | General Mathematics | Madar, Avia | 5 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 10 | General Mathematics | Elias Arciuli, Francesca | 10 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 11 | General Mathematics | Reid, Jordan Scott | 11 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 12 | General Mathematics | Wilson, Rhian Elise | 12 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 13 | General Mathematics | Allen, Rosemary Grace Macleod | 13 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 14 | General Mathematics | Astles, Jacinta Laura | 14 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 15 | General Mathematics | Belobrajdic, Rebecca | 14 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 16 | General Mathematics | Chetty, Sivashna | 14 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 17 | General Mathematics | Coulter, Jonathon | 14 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 18 | General Mathematics | Roberts, Skye | 14 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 19 | General Mathematics | Thomas, Amy | 14 | Trinity Anglican College Albury | Thurgoona |
| 20 | General Mathematics | Kaplan, Lauren | 20 | Masada College | St Ives |