This report shows the 2016 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.
| 101 | Business Studies | Ainslie-Miley, Elliott | 17 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 102 | Business Studies | Gittleman, Eric David | 18 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 103 | Business Studies | Huynh, Elaine | 18 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 104 | Business Studies | Coote, Anna | 20 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 105 | Business Studies | Lopes, Xenia | 20 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 106 | Business Studies | Maricic, Jake | 20 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 107 | Business Studies | Swain, Dylan | 20 | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 108 | Chemistry | Krishnaswamy, Rohan | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 109 | Chemistry | Kadappu, Preetham Krishna | 2 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 110 | Chemistry | How, Jennifer Ming Hui | 3 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
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| 111 | Chemistry | Lawrence, Aaron | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 112 | Chemistry | Gandy, Geovanny | 5 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 113 | Chemistry | Karahasan, Aidin | 5 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 114 | Chemistry | Santana Baskar, Prithvi | 5 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 115 | Chemistry | Wu, Jia Yi Andrew | 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 116 | Chemistry | Kaur, Harpreet | 9 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 117 | Chemistry | Huang, Joanna | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 118 | Chemistry | Xiao, Vieley | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 119 | Chemistry | Chan, Simone (Lok Yiu) | 12 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 120 | Chemistry | Morris, Michael John | 12 | Great Lakes College Tuncurry Senior Campus | Tuncurry |
| 121 | Chemistry | Rodgers, Hayley Adele | 12 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 122 | Chemistry | Wu, Justin | 15 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 123 | Chemistry | Bennett, Jack Lachlan | 16 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 124 | Chemistry | Xian, Kevin | 17 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 125 | Chemistry | Gu, Brendan Jason | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 126 | Chemistry | Jones, Dominic | 19 | Bishop Druitt College | Coffs Harbour |
| 127 | Chemistry | Phork, Sok Haing | 19 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 128 | Chemistry | Saad, Jacob | 19 | St Marks Coptic Orthodox College | Wattle Grove |
| 129 | Chemistry | Ye, Shilan | 19 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 130 | Chinese Background Speakers | Wang, Weihan | 1 | Kogarah High School | Kogarah |
| 131 | Chinese Background Speakers | Gao, Manxin | 2 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 132 | Chinese Background Speakers | Cai, Jiaqi (Karissa) | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 133 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhang, Zixin (Starry) | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 134 | Chinese Background Speakers | Yu, Hanyue | 5 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 135 | Chinese Beginners | Ly, Thanh | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 136 | Chinese Beginners | Bellamy, Brielle Grace | 2 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 137 | Chinese Beginners | Angieputri, Elisha | 3 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 138 | Chinese Beginners | Lee, Dabin | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 139 | Chinese Beginners | Park, Jooeun | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 140 | Chinese Continuers | Cha, Jimin | 1 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 141 | Chinese Continuers | Teh, Natalie | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 142 | Chinese Continuers | Hong, Nathan | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 143 | Chinese Continuers | Liu, Tracy Lai Ping | 3 | Australian International School Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong |
| 144 | Chinese Continuers | Hockings, Evan | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 145 | Chinese Extension | Teh, Natalie | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 146 | Chinese Extension | Tirtariyadi, Claire | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 147 | Chinese Extension | Chong, Jacquelynn | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 148 | Chinese Extension | Clinton, Joseph Randolf | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 149 | Chinese Extension | Wong Xiao, Kai Yang | 5 | Kingsgrove North High School | Kingsgrove |
| 150 | Classical Greek Continuers | Glanville, Maxwell | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |