This report shows the 2013 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 | Fisher, Chloe Isobelle | 1 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 2 | Aboriginal Studies | Stern, Daniel James | 2 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 3 | Aboriginal Studies | Guo, Sheran | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 4 | Aboriginal Studies | Whan, Aisha Anne | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 5 | Aboriginal Studies | Roos, Amy | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
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| 6 | Agriculture | Song, Dana | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 7 | Agriculture | Cheung, Winnie | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 8 | Agriculture | Krishnaswamy, Juhi | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 9 | Agriculture | Wang, Rosy | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 10 | Agriculture | Cao, Brooke Liu | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 11 | Agriculture | Ryan, Jaynie | 6 | Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth |
| 12 | Agriculture | McCrabb, Emma Jane | 7 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
| 13 | Agriculture | Xuan, Angela | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 14 | Agriculture | Sun, Michael | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 15 | Agriculture | Kho, Julia | 10 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 16 | Ancient History | Nason, Lucy Annabel Hope | 1 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 17 | Ancient History | Grinsell, Larissa | 2 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 18 | Ancient History | Espedido, Lauren | 3 | Green Point Christian College | Green Point |
| 19 | Ancient History | Miller, Uma Morgana Ossatjyz | 4 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 20 | Ancient History | Burrows, Lilly Anne | 5 | Gloucester High School | Gloucester |
| 21 | Ancient History | Lew, Ruby Liza | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 22 | Ancient History | Tauber, Samantha | 7 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 23 | Ancient History | Connolly, Samantha Jacqueline | 8 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 24 | Ancient History | Gacon, Kalani | 9 | Springwood High School | Springwood |
| 25 | Ancient History | Wilson, Connor Shai | 9 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |