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.
| 451 | Industrial Technology | Jajcevic, Daniel | 7 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 452 | Industrial Technology | Tasho, Samuel John | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 453 | Industrial Technology | Piper, Izaac William | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 454 | Industrial Technology | Wilcox, Zane Robert | 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 455 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Lendoudis, Napoleon | 1 | Holsworthy High School | Holsworthy |
| 456 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Swain, Matthew | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 457 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Thorn, Lachlan | 2 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 458 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Tinley, Zachary Jesse | 4 | Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College | Fletcher |
| 459 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Brien, Justin | 5 | St Pauls Catholic College Greystanes | Greystanes |
| 460 | Information Processes and Technology | Fang, Kevin Si Yu | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
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| 461 | Information Processes and Technology | Cui, Colin | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 462 | Information Processes and Technology | Beocanin, Marko | 3 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 463 | Information Processes and Technology | Gold, Fiona | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 464 | Information Processes and Technology | Shi, Ran | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 465 | Information Processes and Technology | Siu, Kwun Hang Cedric | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 466 | Information Processes and Technology | Lin, Simon | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 467 | Information Processes and Technology | Attard, Nathan | 8 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 468 | Information Processes and Technology | Cai, Alexander | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 469 | Information Processes and Technology | Feng, William Qi Hao | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 470 | Italian Beginners | Shuttleworth, Sophie Jane | 1 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 471 | Italian Beginners | Pitteri, Ella Louise | 2 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 472 | Italian Beginners | Cheng, Amy | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 473 | Italian Beginners | Ding, Anna | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 474 | Italian Beginners | Coombes, Nina | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 475 | Italian Continuers | Paxton, Ines Francesca | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 476 | Italian Continuers | Pizzardello, Michael | 2 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 477 | Italian Continuers | Revere, Annabelle Carolina | 3 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 478 | Italian Continuers | Brigo, Sofia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 479 | Italian Continuers | Haynes, Briony Margaret | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 480 | Italian Continuers | Sawhney, Saras | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 481 | Italian Extension | Paxton, Ines Francesca | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 482 | Italian Extension | Haynes, Briony Margaret | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 483 | Italian Extension | Sawhney, Saras | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 484 | Italian Extension | Dominguez Demichelli, Durcy Carolina | 4 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 485 | Italian Extension | Loane, Marcus | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 486 | Japanese and Literature | Masutani, Satoko | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 487 | Japanese and Literature | Seo, Yuri | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 488 | Japanese and Literature | Takahashi, Ayami | 2 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 489 | Japanese and Literature | Jacobsson, Emily | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 490 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Rayoung | 1 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 491 | Japanese Beginners | Zhang, Jing (Francine) | 2 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 492 | Japanese Beginners | Choi, Wooyeon (Elise) | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 493 | Japanese Beginners | Yang, Won Suk | 3 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 494 | Japanese Beginners | Ge, Xinyang | 5 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 495 | Japanese Continuers | Zheng, Tianyue | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 496 | Japanese Continuers | Chen, Jenny | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 497 | Japanese Continuers | Bocks, Laura | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 498 | Japanese Continuers | Seberry, Gabrielle | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 499 | Japanese Continuers | Newman, Bronte Halstead | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 500 | Japanese Extension | Seberry, Gabrielle | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |