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.
| 501 | Japanese Background Speakers | Hosogaya, Toshiyuki | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 502 | Japanese Background Speakers | Isaji, Takayuki | 4 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 503 | Japanese Background Speakers | Gunji, Momoko | 5 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 504 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Su Eun | 1 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 505 | Japanese Beginners | Han, Eric Gun Hee | 2 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 506 | Japanese Beginners | Fu, Cong (Angela) | 3 | Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights |
| 507 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Jessica | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 508 | Japanese Beginners | To, Pui Ting | 5 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 509 | Japanese Continuers | Lim, Hee Yeon | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 510 | Japanese Continuers | Kim, Ji Hyeon | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
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| 511 | Japanese Continuers | Oh, Sun-Min | 3 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 512 | Japanese Continuers | Ma, Ji Eun Christina | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 513 | Japanese Continuers | Diaz, James | 5 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 514 | Japanese Extension | Kim, Shina Hannah | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 515 | Japanese Extension | Zhou, Wei Grace | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 516 | Japanese Extension | An, Jae-Min | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 517 | Japanese Extension | Sen, Rida | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 518 | Japanese Extension | Kim, Ji Hyeon | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 519 | Khmer Continuers | Tang, Vanty | 1 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 520 | Khmer Continuers | Thai, Kim Eng | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 521 | Khmer Continuers | Ung, Sok Khim | 3 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 522 | Khmer Continuers | Khov, Nayheang | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 523 | Korean Background Speakers | Choi, Hye Ji | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 524 | Korean Background Speakers | Baek, Tiffany Sang-ah | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 525 | Korean Background Speakers | Choi, Ji Ye | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 526 | Korean Background Speakers | Kim, Ja Woon | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 527 | Korean Background Speakers | Han, Song I | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 528 | Korean Continuers | Lee, Samuel (Chung Hyun) | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 529 | Korean Continuers | Won, Minna Danica | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 530 | Korean Continuers | Lee, Mun Hwan | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 531 | Korean Continuers | Cho, Hyein | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 532 | Latin Continuers | Farinha, Daniel | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 533 | Latin Continuers | Johnston, Alistair Robert | 2 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 534 | Latin Continuers | Bergfield, James | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 535 | Latin Continuers | Shah, Saumil | 3 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 536 | Latin Continuers | Coorey, Timothy | 5 | St Josephs College | ? |
| 537 | Latin Extension | Farinha, Daniel | 1 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 538 | Latin Extension | Murray, Samuel | 2 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 539 | Latin Extension | Tang, Cyril | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 540 | Latin Extension | Johnston, Alistair Robert | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 541 | Latin Extension | Lim, Michelle | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Farmakis, Thomas | 1 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Hodgson, Natalie | 2 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Margelis, Luke | 3 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Parker, Rhiannon | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Broune, Timothy Ronald | 5 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Meikle, Georgina | 6 | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Popovic, Ilaria | 6 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Sutton, Joshua | 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Chetty, Sivashna | 9 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |