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.
| 251 | Engineering Studies | Ibanez Cruz, Joshua Stefano | 8 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 252 | Engineering Studies | Kelly, Jay Daniel | 9 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 253 | Engineering Studies | Abel, James Matthew | 10 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 254 | English (Advanced) | Tyrrell, Emily Jane | 1 | Bede Polding College | South Windsor |
| 255 | English (Advanced) | Lai, Gladys | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 256 | English (Advanced) | Parmenter, Lara Olivia | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 257 | English (Advanced) | Lewis, Imogen Elise | 4 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 258 | English (Advanced) | Higgins, Henry | 5 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 259 | English (Advanced) | Robinson, Alexander | 6 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 260 | English (Advanced) | Loveday, Alice Jervie | 7 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
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| 261 | English (Advanced) | Hu, Spencer | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 262 | English (Advanced) | Lee, Natalie Si-Yi | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 263 | English (Advanced) | Negru, Daniel | 10 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 264 | English (Advanced) | Jiang, Vivian | 11 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 265 | English (Advanced) | Sarvaas, Dominique | 11 | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 266 | English (Advanced) | Topolski, Jessica | 11 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 267 | English (Advanced) | Speiser, Lily | 14 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 268 | English (Advanced) | Bandodkar, Ashvin | 15 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 269 | English (Advanced) | Loukaitis, Gregory | 15 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 270 | English (Advanced) | Narayan, Anuradha | 17 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 271 | English (Advanced) | Strbik, Dominik Antun | 18 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 272 | English (Advanced) | Goria, Sandra | 19 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 273 | English (Advanced) | Maxwell, Anna | 20 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 274 | English (Standard) | Wang, Zhitan Jack | 1 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 275 | English (Standard) | Mathur, Kavya | 2 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 276 | English (Standard) | Manaois, Malorie Anne | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 277 | English (Standard) | Cheers, Natalie | 4 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 278 | English (Standard) | Rathani, Ovais | 5 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 279 | English (Standard) | Kendall, Lauren | 6 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 280 | English (Standard) | Badgery, Darcy James Douglas | 7 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 281 | English (Standard) | Guadana, Krisia | 8 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 282 | English (Standard) | Aziz, Laurice | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 283 | English (Standard) | Meleka, Patrichia | 10 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 284 | English (Standard) | Gillespie, Daniel Robert Gray | 11 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 285 | English (Standard) | Han, Simon | 12 | Model Farms High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 286 | English (Standard) | Stratford, Madeline | 13 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 287 | English (Standard) | Peng, Ally | 14 | St Patricks College Campbelltown | Campbelltown |
| 288 | English (Standard) | Sheather, April | 14 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 289 | English (Standard) | Balak, Rani | 16 | MacKillop College Bathurst | Bathurst |
| 290 | English (Standard) | Wilson, Charlotte Bridget | 17 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 291 | English (Standard) | Jacobs, Maddison | 18 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 292 | English (Standard) | Cowdery, Emma Louise | 19 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 293 | English (Standard) | Quartermain, Krystelle Lyn | 20 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 294 | English as a Second Language | Li, Cindy Jiatong | 1 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 295 | English as a Second Language | Kim, Gain (Lina) | 2 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 296 | English as a Second Language | Chen, Jiayue (Suzie) | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 297 | English as a Second Language | Lee, Jung A | 4 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 298 | English as a Second Language | Cao, Dang Phuong Anh | 5 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 299 | English as a Second Language | Lo, Yuen Ting Rossana | 6 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 300 | English as a Second Language | Wang, Liran (Chloe) | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |