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.
| 551 | Legal Studies | Celic, Ines | 13 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 552 | Legal Studies | Ali, Yusuf | 14 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 553 | Legal Studies | Indap, Rohan | 15 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 554 | Legal Studies | Yadav, Rizina | 16 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 555 | Legal Studies | Small, Owen | 17 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 556 | Legal Studies | Luthra, Manan Paavan | 18 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 557 | Legal Studies | Thangathurai, Tallulah Mai | 18 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 558 | Legal Studies | Chen, Amy | 20 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 559 | Macedonian Continuers | Grozdanova, Marija | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 560 | Macedonian Continuers | Petreska, Tiyana | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
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| 561 | Macedonian Continuers | Kozarovski, Melanie | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 562 | Macedonian Continuers | Markovska, Cvetanka | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 563 | Macedonian Continuers | Dimovska, Elena | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 564 | Mathematics | Van Gerwen, Julian | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 565 | Mathematics | Zhang, Helen Jingting | 2 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 566 | Mathematics | Zheng, Tianyue | 3 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 567 | Mathematics | Pan, Jody | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 568 | Mathematics | Zhou, Jackson | 5 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 569 | Mathematics | Kha, Tony | 6 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
| 570 | Mathematics | Hudson, Judita | 7 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 571 | Mathematics | Pearson, Jacinta | 8 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 572 | Mathematics | Lawes, Thomas David | 9 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 573 | Mathematics | Chew, Samantha Shu Chyen | 10 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 574 | Mathematics | Tat, Sharon Amelia | 11 | Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills |
| 575 | Mathematics | Brajkovic, Portia | 12 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 576 | Mathematics | He, Louisa Wen Jing | 13 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 577 | Mathematics | Arena, Matthew | 14 | Clancy Catholic College | West Hoxton |
| 578 | Mathematics | Mouratidis, Joanna | 15 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 579 | Mathematics | Cantrill, Andrew | 16 | Marist College Eastwood | Eastwood |
| 580 | Mathematics | Hitchcock, Charlotte Bethany | 16 | Springwood High School | Faulconbridge |
| 581 | Mathematics | Jia, Yifan | 16 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 582 | Mathematics | Kroeger, James | 16 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 583 | Mathematics | Lee, Jack | 16 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 584 | Mathematics | Lin, Jacinta | 16 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 585 | Mathematics | Pietsch, Samuel | 16 | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 586 | Mathematics | Read, Oliver | 16 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 587 | Mathematics | Shen, Emily | 16 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 588 | Mathematics | Xue, Jessica | 16 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 589 | Mathematics | Zhang, Xiao Kang | 16 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 590 | Mathematics | Zhang, Yunze Leo | 16 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Chen, Ryder | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Van Gerwen, Julian | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Wang, Jeffrey | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Zhang, Weiting | 4 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Fang, Ada | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tran, Quoc-Phi | 6 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Ahluwalia, Rahul | 7 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tu, Annie Jian Jun | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Li, Mingming | 9 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 600 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Branley, Callum | 10 | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |