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.
| 401 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Nayun | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 402 | Heritage Korean | Hwang, Ji Won (Joanna) | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 403 | Heritage Korean | Kim, Dong Nyuk Alex | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 404 | Heritage Korean | Song, Bohyun - Jessica | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 405 | Hindi Continuers | Malhotra, Rishabh | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 406 | Hindi Continuers | Arya, Anmol | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 407 | Hindi Continuers | Sinha, Mrinaank | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 408 | Hindi Continuers | Saraswat, Yamini | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 409 | Hindi Continuers | Bassi, Isha | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 410 | History Extension | Lea, Bridey Clare Elysia | 1 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
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| 411 | History Extension | Hugler, Trent | 2 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 412 | History Extension | Halloran, Emily | 3 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 413 | History Extension | Wu, Henry | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 414 | History Extension | Van Leer, Ruby | 5 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 415 | History Extension | Lai, Gladys | 6 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 416 | History Extension | Gupta, Vrinda | 7 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 417 | History Extension | Whelan-Young, Zoe | 8 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 418 | History Extension | Elsaidy, Amir | 9 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 419 | History Extension | Richards, Matthew Wilson | 10 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 420 | Hospitality Examination | Wu, Karen | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 421 | Hospitality Examination | Lieschke, Jacqueline | 2 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn |
| 422 | Hospitality Examination | Greaves, Caitlin | 3 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 423 | Hospitality Examination | Williams, Violet | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 424 | Hospitality Examination | Caparas, Alyssa Ileto | 5 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 425 | Hospitality Examination | Browning, Elise Tayla | 6 | Kooringal High School | Kooringal |
| 426 | Hospitality Examination | Charniya, Muskan Anis | 7 | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 427 | Hospitality Examination | Tate-Harrington, Paige | 7 | St John The Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra |
| 428 | Hospitality Examination | Reedy, Cara | 9 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 429 | Hospitality Examination | Wong, Sammi See Hang | 9 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville |
| 430 | Human Services Examination | Harper, Amber Rose | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 431 | Human Services Examination | Aguila, Phoenix | 2 | Western Institute Orange Campus | Orange |
| 432 | Human Services Examination | Scaar, Brendan Alexander | 2 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 433 | Human Services Examination | Favotto, Natasha | 4 | New England Institute Armidale Campus | Armidale |
| 434 | Human Services Examination | MacPhail, Sara | 5 | Northern Sydney Institute North Sydney College | St Leonards |
| 435 | Human Services Examination | Palmer, Dominique | 5 | Moss Vale High School | Moss Vale |
| 436 | Hungarian Continuers | Desney, Sarah | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 437 | Hungarian Continuers | Kovacs, Istvan | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 438 | Indonesian Background Speakers | Heryxlim, Lorenzia | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 439 | Indonesian Background Speakers | Narendri, Danys | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 440 | Indonesian Beginners | Ferguson, Isabelle Grace | 1 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 441 | Indonesian Beginners | Petersen, Christopher John | 2 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 442 | Indonesian Beginners | Tan, Natasha | 3 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 443 | Indonesian Beginners | Tandera Yuana, Jonathan | 4 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 444 | Indonesian Beginners | Lian, Van Ceu | 5 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 445 | Indonesian Continuers | Uchida, Kazuki | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 446 | Indonesian Continuers | David, Andrea Chloe | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 447 | Indonesian Continuers | Aoki, Taro | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 448 | Indonesian Continuers | Dickinson, Patrick James | 4 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 449 | Indonesian Continuers | McGovern, Carson Riley Janae | 5 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 450 | Indonesian Extension | Parikh, Payal | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |