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.
| 651 | Modern History | Gardner, Samuel Irvine | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 652 | Modern History | Lennon, Oliver Cleveland | 7 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 653 | Modern History | Morgan, Nell Frances | 7 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 654 | Modern History | Rice, Emily Teresa | 9 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 655 | Modern History | Sturt, Maxwell | 10 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 656 | Modern History | Bianco, Alessandra | 11 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 657 | Modern History | Jackman, Alexander McNeil | 12 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 658 | Modern History | White, Grace Elizabeth | 12 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 659 | Modern History | Harrison, Philippa Kate | 14 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 660 | Modern History | Irving, Aaron Gregory | 15 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
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| 661 | Modern History | Li, Christine | 16 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 662 | Modern History | Sheahan, Elizabeth Julia | 17 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 663 | Modern History | Kutcher, Natalie Elise | 18 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 664 | Modern History | Trbojevic, Ashley Lauren | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 665 | Modern History | Ma, Cassandra | 20 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 666 | Music 1 | Dewhurst, Suzannah | 1 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 667 | Music 1 | Ng, Stephanie | 2 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 668 | Music 1 | Ng, Laura | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 669 | Music 1 | Poate, Emma | 4 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 670 | Music 1 | Hampel, James William | 5 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 671 | Music 1 | Villegas, Jaime Andres | 6 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 672 | Music 1 | Yaw, Benjamin | 7 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 673 | Music 1 | Wall, Louisa Marie | 8 | Monaro High School | Cooma North |
| 674 | Music 1 | Peck, Elliot | 9 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 675 | Music 1 | Adams, Alec | 10 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 676 | Music 2 | He, Brett | 1 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 677 | Music 2 | Wang, Edric Shao-Zhe | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 678 | Music 2 | Goh, Yang-Ming | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 679 | Music 2 | Shermacher, Oliver Bahr | 4 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 680 | Music 2 | Gales, James | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 681 | Music Extension | Shermacher, Oliver Bahr | 1 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 682 | Music Extension | Li, Sarah Guyan | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 683 | Music Extension | Huang, Edward | 3 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 684 | Music Extension | Ju, Eun Jae | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 685 | Music Extension | Hsu, Julianne Lyn | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 686 | Music Extension | Lin, Dawen | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 687 | Music Extension | Oshiro, Yosiah James | 5 | St Andrews Cathedral School | Sydney |
| 688 | Music Extension | Schneider, Indyana Rose | 5 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 689 | Persian Background Speakers | Momen, Rouein | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 690 | Persian Background Speakers | Babaie Sheli, Massoud | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 691 | Persian Background Speakers | Khafaji, Roya | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 692 | Persian Background Speakers | Khalili, Sakina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 693 | Persian Background Speakers | Rahmani, Saleha | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 694 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Crawford, Meg Alexandra | 1 | Kingscliff High School | Kingscliff |
| 695 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Grellman, Jacqui Jennifer | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 696 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Wingham, Annalise | 3 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 697 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Lun, Edward Tin Chung | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 698 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Leabeater, Alana | 5 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 699 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Engelman, Jared | 6 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 700 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Maras, Adriana | 7 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |