This report shows the 2017 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 | Swidler, Lia | 18 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 102 | Business Studies | Brewer, Clare Maree | 19 | Meadowbank Education Trust School | Sydney Olympic Park |
| 103 | Business Studies | Zaunders, Philip | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
| 104 | Chemistry | Yu, Danny | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 105 | Chemistry | Zheng, Jeffrey | 2 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 106 | Chemistry | Tian, Daniel | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 107 | Chemistry | Guo, Allen Ao | 4 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 108 | Chemistry | Mee, Elizabeth | 5 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 109 | Chemistry | Zhang, Kelly | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 110 | Chemistry | Zhang, Kevin | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
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| 111 | Chemistry | Zhang, Kimble Jingbao | 8 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 112 | Chemistry | Willson, Jacob Thinh | 9 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 113 | Chemistry | Fang, Ada | 10 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 114 | Chemistry | Charls, Dawnlicity | 11 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 115 | Chemistry | Huang, Hin | 11 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 116 | Chemistry | Chen, Ryder | 13 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 117 | Chemistry | Huang, Kevin Xiwen | 13 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 118 | Chemistry | Wen, Henry | 15 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 119 | Chemistry | Kim, Sihyong Jake | 16 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 120 | Chemistry | Zeng, Kieran Gu | 16 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 121 | Chemistry | Phan, Julie | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 122 | Chemistry | Hou, Siqi | 19 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 123 | Chemistry | Khaziran, Daniel | 19 | Redeemer Baptist School | North Parramatta |
| 124 | Chemistry | Polifrone-Occelli, Cellina Catherine | 19 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 125 | Chemistry | Sharma, Dharmesh Dutt | 19 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 126 | Chinese and Literature | Zhang, Junni | 1 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 127 | Chinese and Literature | Wu, Haoming (Ivy) | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 128 | Chinese and Literature | Yu, Anqi | 3 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 129 | Chinese and Literature | Bi, Yuntian (Betty) | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 130 | Chinese and Literature | Wang, Jiayu | 5 | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 131 | Chinese Beginners | Waugh, Finnegan | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 132 | Chinese Beginners | Wu, Yijing | 2 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 133 | Chinese Beginners | Seah, Julian Man Hin | 3 | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 134 | Chinese Beginners | Jo, Che Ho Daniel | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 135 | Chinese Beginners | Redman, Jonty | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 136 | Chinese Continuers | Hoffman, Charlie | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 137 | Chinese Continuers | Ilin, Robert | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 138 | Chinese Continuers | Kozak, Austin Joshua | 3 | Lakes Grammar An Anglican School | Warnervale |
| 139 | Chinese Continuers | Luttrell, Prudence Hermione | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 140 | Chinese Continuers | Lake, Albert | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 141 | Chinese Extension | Tam, Sabrina | 1 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 142 | Chinese Extension | Hoffman, Charlie | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 143 | Chinese Extension | Luttrell, Prudence Hermione | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 144 | Chinese Extension | Deng, Yue | 4 | Kingsgrove North High School | Kingsgrove |
| 145 | Chinese Extension | Jeong, Jessica | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 146 | Chinese in Context | Wang, Jingru | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 147 | Chinese in Context | Zhao, Shiyi | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 148 | Chinese in Context | Zha, Angela | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 149 | Chinese in Context | Hu, Daniel | 4 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 150 | Chinese in Context | Gao, Angela | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |