This report shows the 2018 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.
| 201 | Drama | Ireland-Shead, Drew | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 202 | Drama | Stevenson, Jack Kenneth | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 203 | Drama | Davies, Haddie | 4 | Braidwood Central School | Braidwood |
| 204 | Drama | White, Maxwell William Charles | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 205 | Drama | Shanahan, Jack | 6 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 206 | Drama | Douglas, Sophie | 7 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 207 | Drama | Gibson, Elliot Carpenter | 8 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 208 | Drama | Page, Isabella | 9 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 209 | Drama | Ewald, Niva | 10 | Emmanuel Anglican College | Ballina |
| 210 | Dutch Continuers | Hoogenhout, Isabella | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
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| 211 | Dutch Continuers | Kessen, Laura | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 212 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wilson, Bella | 1 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 213 | Earth and Environmental Science | Stevenson, Lucy | 2 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 214 | Earth and Environmental Science | Mehta, Anish Atul | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 215 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hanrahan, Fraser Scott | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 216 | Earth and Environmental Science | Henley, Jessica | 5 | Inaburra School | Bangor |
| 217 | Earth and Environmental Science | Ricketts, Ruby Carmen | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 218 | Earth and Environmental Science | Yuan, Yunyi (Winnie) | 5 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 219 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cremen, Jaselyn Daisy | 8 | Pittwater High School | Mona Vale |
| 220 | Earth and Environmental Science | Burns, Thomas William | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 221 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cowdery, Mitchell James | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 222 | Economics | Bivell, John | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 223 | Economics | Prince, Samuel James | 2 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 224 | Economics | Fox, Eliza | 3 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 225 | Economics | Hope, Mitchell Ryan | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 226 | Economics | Gribben, Michael | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 227 | Economics | Aitchison, Cory | 6 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 228 | Economics | Lin, Lucas Shen Jia | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 229 | Economics | Crowley, Xavier Isaac Aidan David | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 230 | Economics | MacAlister, Leon Thomas | 9 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 231 | Economics | Gu, Andrew Mingliang | 10 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 232 | Engineering Studies | Gong, William Lifan | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 233 | Engineering Studies | Montroy, Bradley Kenneth | 2 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 234 | Engineering Studies | Pathirana, Dylan Chandima | 2 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 235 | Engineering Studies | Kraynov, Svyatoslav | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 236 | Engineering Studies | Haurissa-Oey, Nathan | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 237 | Engineering Studies | Kembrey, Zachary | 6 | Penrith High School | Penrith |
| 238 | Engineering Studies | Yu, Jonathan | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 239 | Engineering Studies | Wang, Frank Cheng | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 240 | Engineering Studies | Morton, Alexander James | 9 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 241 | Engineering Studies | Wong, Esther Yuet-Yee | 9 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 242 | English (Advanced) | Roodenrys, Grace | 1 | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 243 | English (Advanced) | Wang, Coco | 2 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 244 | English (Advanced) | Marinelli, Caitlin Rose | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 245 | English (Advanced) | Johnson, Cole | 4 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 246 | English (Advanced) | Koit, Ericka | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 247 | English (Advanced) | Chang, Alicia | 6 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 248 | English (Advanced) | McCartney, William | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 249 | English (Advanced) | Prince, Samuel James | 8 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 250 | English (Advanced) | Han, Oscar | 9 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |