This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2007 as awarded 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.
This report is equivalent to the Subject Top Achievers report after applying the filter "Rank equals 1".
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | Cousemacker, Jennifer Marie | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 2 | Accounting | Harb, Daniel | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 3 | Agriculture | Sin, James Chun Man | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 4 | Ancient History | Campbell, Dylan John | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 5 | Ancient History | Seto, Josephine Jun Kin | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 6 | Arabic Continuers | Haydar, Ghada | Secondary College of Languages St George Campus | Kogarah |
| 7 | Arabic Extension | Elias, Noor | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 8 | Armenian Continuers | Mkrtchian, Karina | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 9 | Biology | Lee, Karen Ngar Wing | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 10 | Business Services Examination | Ferguson, Simone | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
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| 11 | Business Studies | Kauffman, Shelley | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 12 | Chemistry | Dwyer, Jack Benjamin | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 13 | Chinese Background Speakers | Liu, Wenjing Irene | Secondary College of Languages Ashfield Boys Campus | Ashfield |
| 14 | Chinese Beginners | Armer, Jezza Dana | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 15 | Chinese Continuers | Kuan, Harold Wen-U | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 16 | Chinese Extension | Chi, Ao Lai | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 17 | Classical Greek Continuers | Olson, Nicholas | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 18 | Classical Greek Extension | Olson, Nicholas | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Wermut, Jonathan | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Nurick, Jonathan | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 21 | Community and Family Studies | Fricker, Elizabeth Taryn | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 22 | Comparative Literature - Distinction Course | Grogan, Matilda | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
| 23 | Construction Examination | Chew, Christopher | St Stanislaus College | Bathurst |
| 24 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Hammond, Alison | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
| 25 | Croatian Continuers | Seric, Tereza | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 26 | Dance | Prior, Hayley Louise | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |
| 27 | Dance | Prunty, Luke Michael | Colo High School | North Richmond |
| 28 | Design and Technology | Bean, Angus Richmond | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 29 | Drama | Dodwell, Celeste Rhiannon | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 30 | Dutch Continuers | Reimann, Kleio Elisabeth Maria | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 31 | Earth and Environmental Science | Whitehead, Isabelle Claire | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 32 | Economics | Dissanayake, Sujith Nisal | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 33 | Engineering Studies | Tang, Daijun David | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 34 | English (Advanced) | Borowsky, Alex | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 35 | English (Standard) | Obeid, Anthony | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 36 | English as a Second Language | Lim, Eveline Khang Yee | Taylors College | Waterloo |
| 37 | English Extension 1 | Seidler, David | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 38 | English Extension 2 | Borowsky, Alex | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 39 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Johnson, Joshua James | Orara High School | Coffs Harbour |
| 40 | Filipino Continuers | Topacio, Ada Elberta | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 41 | Food Technology | Johnston, Chelsea Anne | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 42 | French Beginners | Dorrell, Fiona Jane | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 43 | French Continuers | Go, Jemima Roslyn | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 44 | French Continuers | Leung, Constance Hau Yee | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 45 | French Extension | Forgacs, Michael | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 46 | General Mathematics | Millsom, Lucinda | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 47 | Geography | Mack, Ian Henry | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 48 | German Beginners | Ding, Xu Alexander | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 49 | German Continuers | Vaupel, Louisa Marlene | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 50 | German Extension | Lewin, Samuel Alexander | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |