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.
| 501 | Japanese Extension | Lu, Cindy | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 502 | Japanese Extension | Yu, Sun | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 503 | Japanese Extension | Song, Nina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 504 | Japanese Extension | Wu, Rachel | 5 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 505 | Japanese in Context | Yamazaki, Sally | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 506 | Japanese in Context | Aoki, Karera Layla | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 507 | Japanese in Context | McRae, Madeline Shihori | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 508 | Japanese in Context | Tang, Jennifer | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 509 | Japanese in Context | Sugimoto, Keita | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 510 | Korean and Literature | Choi, Wooyeon (Elise) | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
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| 511 | Korean and Literature | Bae, Yura | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 512 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Soolin | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 513 | Korean and Literature | Son, In Ho | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 514 | Korean and Literature | Lee, Yedam | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 515 | Korean Beginners | Karri, Sneha | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 516 | Korean Beginners | Yong, Catherine | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 517 | Korean Beginners | Asma, Jennifer Anne | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 518 | Korean Beginners | Lu, Jessica | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 519 | Korean Beginners | Mateo, Bianca Isabel | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 520 | Korean Continuers | Lui, Pricilla | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 521 | Korean Continuers | Bakiris, Angela | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 522 | Korean Continuers | Liang, Karen | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 523 | Korean Continuers | Wagley, Shivashree | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 524 | Korean in Context | Lee, Hee Won | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 525 | Korean in Context | Ko, Jinyoung (Julia) | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 526 | Korean in Context | Tae, Joanne Cho Ae | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 527 | Korean in Context | Jeon, Byeonggeon | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 528 | Korean in Context | Park, Tae In | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 529 | Latin Continuers | Larkin, Hebe | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 530 | Latin Continuers | Ryan, Patrick | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 531 | Latin Continuers | Li, Vanessa Sihui | 3 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 532 | Latin Continuers | Stephenson, Edwina | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 533 | Latin Continuers | Hou, Christy | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 534 | Latin Extension | Ryan, Patrick | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 535 | Latin Extension | Wang, Chuyi | 2 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 536 | Latin Extension | Larkin, Hebe | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 537 | Latin Extension | Stephenson, Edwina | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 538 | Latin Extension | Ma, Anthony Bruce | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 539 | Legal Studies | Zou, Kevin Tinwing | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 540 | Legal Studies | Preketes-Tardiani, Renee Ellen | 2 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 541 | Legal Studies | Qiao, Wenjing | 3 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Moussa, Sammy | 4 | De La Salle College Revesby Heights | Revesby Heights |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Huynh, Chelsea | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Gerardi, Isabella | 6 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Truong, Vivian | 6 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Panagiotopoulos, Nicholas | 8 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Jeggannagari, Adarsh | 9 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Lorschy, Joshua | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Van Duinen, Gabriel | 10 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Diamandis-Nikoletatos, Elly | 12 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |