This report shows the 2025 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.
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| 1 | Economics | Coughlin, Liam Robert | 1 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 2 | Economics | Li, Eddie | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
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| 3 | Economics | Tian, Eric | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 4 | Economics | Narayan Gupta, Yash | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 5 | Economics | Onikul, Gregory William | 5 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 6 | Economics | Qiao, Eric Yunfeng | 6 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 7 | Economics | Shankar, Nikhil | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 8 | Economics | Tsui, Ralph Hei-Yuet | 8 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 9 | Economics | Barraket, Ariel | 9 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 10 | Economics | Leung, Cyrus | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 1 May 2026