This report shows the 2020 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.
| 651 | Modern Greek Beginners | Lis, Lukas | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 652 | Modern Greek Beginners | Athanassiou, Bill | 4 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 653 | Modern Greek Beginners | Karahlis, Tom | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 654 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kontou, Maria | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 655 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kapsabelis, Maria | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 656 | Modern Greek Continuers | Harilaou, Nestor | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 657 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kalogerakis, Katerina | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 658 | Modern Greek Continuers | Dovellos, Mihalis | 5 | St Spyridon College Senior School | Maroubra |
| 659 | Modern Greek Extension | Kontou, Maria | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 660 | Modern Greek Extension | Kalogerakis, Katerina | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
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| 661 | Modern Greek Extension | Grouva, Eleni | 3 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 662 | Modern Greek Extension | Harilaou, Nestor | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 663 | Modern Greek Extension | Gaitani, Paraskevi-Georgia | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 664 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Juter, Leanne | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 665 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Ferdman, Shani | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 666 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Weininger, Ariel | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 667 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Bitton, Dana | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 668 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Zeevi, Talia | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 669 | Modern History | Ginters, Mason | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 670 | Modern History | Hogan, Orla Josephine | 2 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 671 | Modern History | Lam, Prisca | 3 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 672 | Modern History | Ross, Charlotte Grace | 4 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 673 | Modern History | Mitchell, Emily | 5 | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour |
| 674 | Modern History | Chepurin, Emily | 6 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 675 | Modern History | McCredie, Finlay Donald Press | 7 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 676 | Modern History | Cass, Luke | 8 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 677 | Modern History | Burfitt, Francis | 9 | Redfield College | Dural |
| 678 | Modern History | Morgan, Edward John | 10 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 679 | Modern History | Azzi, Zara-Claire | 11 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 680 | Modern History | Kearns, Aidan | 11 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 681 | Modern History | Kairaitis, Charlie | 13 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 682 | Modern History | Lam, Kristy | 13 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 683 | Modern History | Sloan, Madeleine | 15 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 684 | Modern History | Chan, Hayden | 16 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 685 | Modern History | Speirs, Daniella Barbara | 17 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 686 | Modern History | De Jager, Allegra Skye | 18 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 687 | Modern History | Macfarlan, Lachlan | 19 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 688 | Modern History | De Melo, Ethan | 20 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 689 | Music 1 | Cox, Coda | 1 | Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Skennars Head |
| 690 | Music 1 | Kuleechuay, Tatiya | 2 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 691 | Music 1 | Datar, Rhea | 3 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 692 | Music 1 | Wilson, Jessica | 3 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 693 | Music 1 | Saad, Hannah | 5 | Blaxland High School | Blaxland |
| 694 | Music 1 | Shen, Xinyuan | 5 | Xavier High School | North Albury |
| 695 | Music 1 | de La Croix, Etienne | 7 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 696 | Music 1 | Spriggs, Faith | 7 | Nambucca Valley Christian Community School | Nambucca Heads |
| 697 | Music 1 | Zhou, Quincy | 9 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 698 | Music 1 | Amon, Harry | 10 | St Josephs Regional College | Port Macquarie |
| 699 | Music 2 | Suriyanarayanan, Shravan | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 700 | Music 2 | Annesley, Eden | 2 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |