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.
| 451 | Industrial Technology | Miller, Monique Jean | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 452 | Industrial Technology | Cunningham, Imogen | 2 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 453 | Industrial Technology | Simke Hetherington, Lily | 3 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 454 | Industrial Technology | Liang, Rachel | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 455 | Industrial Technology | Northeast, Joshua | 5 | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 456 | Industrial Technology | Macintyre, James Liem | 6 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 457 | Industrial Technology | Scollay, Jack William | 7 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 458 | Industrial Technology | Eaton, Charlie | 8 | Edmund Rice College | West Wollongong |
| 459 | Industrial Technology | White, Benjamin | 8 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 460 | Industrial Technology | Jurd, Nathan | 10 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Oak Flats |
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| 461 | Industrial Technology | Price, Jock | 10 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 462 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Brand, Coen | 1 | Kildare Catholic College | Wagga Wagga |
| 463 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Sia, Jovan | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 464 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Javellana, Shaun Mackenzie | 3 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 465 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Moore, Nathan Christian | 4 | Singleton High School | Singleton |
| 466 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Sensomboun, Amy | 5 | Riverina Institute Albury Campus | Albury |
| 467 | Information Processes and Technology | Fung, Albert | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 468 | Information Processes and Technology | Park, Joshua | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 469 | Information Processes and Technology | Chen, Hannah Sydney | 3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 470 | Information Processes and Technology | Siu, Lachlan Edward | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 471 | Information Processes and Technology | Lai, Jason | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 472 | Information Processes and Technology | Diaz, Rebecca | 6 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 473 | Information Processes and Technology | Hou, William | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 474 | Information Processes and Technology | Leung, Jerry | 8 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 475 | Information Processes and Technology | Damtoft, Christian Thomas | 9 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 476 | Information Processes and Technology | Wang, Shane | 10 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 477 | Italian Beginners | Carroll, Madeleine | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 478 | Italian Beginners | Wallis, Francesca | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 479 | Italian Beginners | Markson, Charlotte | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 480 | Italian Beginners | Glover, Isabelle | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 481 | Italian Beginners | Kerwin-Roman, Nina | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 482 | Italian Continuers | Mahajan, Sachin | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 483 | Italian Continuers | Clucher, Sarah | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 484 | Italian Continuers | Riley, Eden Marley Grace | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 485 | Italian Continuers | Karantanis, William | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 486 | Italian Continuers | Krimmer, Emilie Anne | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 487 | Italian Extension | Rastogi, Anish | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 488 | Italian Extension | Livingstone, Timothy | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 489 | Italian Extension | Karantanis, William | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 490 | Italian Extension | Mateffy, Anna Louise | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 491 | Italian Extension | Salamone, Luke William | 5 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 492 | Japanese Background Speakers | Mori, Wakana | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 493 | Japanese Background Speakers | Sugiyama, Asuka | 2 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 494 | Japanese Background Speakers | Ehashi, Akari | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 495 | Japanese Background Speakers | Matsukura, Tomoka | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 496 | Japanese Background Speakers | Takenaka, Sakie | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 497 | Japanese Beginners | Cho, Kaitlyn Yeji | 1 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 498 | Japanese Beginners | Huang, Annabelle Chung-I | 2 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 499 | Japanese Beginners | Hwang, Joshua | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 500 | Japanese Beginners | Li, Rebecca | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |