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.
| 751 | Senior Science | Schroeder, Lucy | 2 | Snowy Mountains Grammar School | Jindabyne |
| 752 | Senior Science | Barry, Aiden Christopher | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 753 | Senior Science | Sharma, Meru | 3 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 754 | Senior Science | Wilkinson, Samuel | 3 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 755 | Senior Science | Priddle, Gemma | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 756 | Senior Science | Petschack, Elena | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 757 | Senior Science | Cook, Tanayha Aimee | 8 | Kotara High School | Adamstown |
| 758 | Senior Science | Mitrevska, Monika | 8 | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 759 | Senior Science | Aucamp-Schutte, Lauren | 10 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 760 | Serbian Continuers | Vojvodic, Aleksandar | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
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| 761 | Serbian Continuers | Knezevic, Ivana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 762 | Serbian Continuers | Paunovic, Dragoljub | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 763 | Serbian Continuers | Nikolic, Marko | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 764 | Serbian Continuers | Stevic, Matija | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 765 | Society and Culture | Liew, Helaine | 1 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 766 | Society and Culture | Hamoud, Seda | 2 | Liverpool Girls High School | Liverpool |
| 767 | Society and Culture | Bosler, Madeleine Page | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 768 | Society and Culture | Ly, Ellen | 3 | Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West |
| 769 | Society and Culture | Zurlo, Clarissa | 5 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 770 | Society and Culture | Arrow, Tara Maureen | 6 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 771 | Society and Culture | Copping, Tutti Valerie | 7 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 772 | Society and Culture | MacKenzie, Craig | 8 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 773 | Society and Culture | Pavlou-Watt, Elena | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 774 | Society and Culture | Spinks, Hannah May | 8 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 775 | Software Design and Development | Baker, Peter Cole | 1 | Wagga Wagga High School | Wagga Wagga |
| 776 | Software Design and Development | Evans, Huw | 1 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 777 | Software Design and Development | Park, I Su | 3 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 778 | Software Design and Development | Hiebl, Nicholas | 4 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 779 | Software Design and Development | Damtoft, Christian Thomas | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 780 | Software Design and Development | Mackintosh, Justin Alexander | 5 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 781 | Software Design and Development | Chiu, Clement Hok Wo | 7 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 782 | Software Design and Development | Seefeld, Harold James Patrick | 8 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 783 | Software Design and Development | Edwards, Matthew | 9 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 784 | Software Design and Development | Glanville, Mark Timothy | 9 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 785 | Software Design and Development | Ragavan, Seyoon | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 786 | Spanish Beginners | Nguyen, Naomie | 1 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 787 | Spanish Beginners | de Borja, Alisa Giustina Baluyut | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 788 | Spanish Beginners | Sun, Joanne | 2 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 789 | Spanish Beginners | Eugene Dit Rochesson, Sylvia Lisa Sasha | 4 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 790 | Spanish Beginners | Jacobson, Paula Rae | 5 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 791 | Spanish Continuers | Winestock, Zelda | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 792 | Spanish Continuers | Fauchon, Alex Edward | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 793 | Spanish Continuers | Lamazares, Eira | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 794 | Spanish Continuers | Fernandez Jones, Victoria | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 795 | Spanish Continuers | Garrett, Samuel | 5 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 796 | Spanish Extension | Winestock, Zelda | 1 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 797 | Spanish Extension | Fauchon, Alex Edward | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 798 | Spanish Extension | Cuadros Lu, Melissa | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 799 | Spanish Extension | Zorrilla Moraga, Javiera Antonia Almendra | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 800 | Spanish Extension | Fernandez Jones, Victoria | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |