This report shows the 2009 top student in each HSC subject as awarded by the NSW Education Standards Authority. Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list. 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.
This report is equivalent to the Subject Top Achievers report after applying the filter "Rank equals 1".
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | Shinnick, Sophie | Hunter School of the Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 2 | Accounting | Chan, Wai-Hoong | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 3 | Agriculture | Beaumont, Rebecca Daisy | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 4 | Ancient History | Fam, Peter | St Dominics College | Kingswood |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | Albatayneh, Sinan | Condell Park High School | Condell Park |
| 6 | Arabic Extension | Saker, Samer | Saturday School of Comm. Lang. Arthur Phillip High School | Parramatta |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | Karadanian, Saro | Saturday School of Comm. Lang. Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 8 | Automotive Examination | Dumesny, Callum Mark | Riverina Institute Albury Campus | Albury |
| 9 | Biology | Jemmeson, Alyssa | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 10 | Business Services Examination | McIntosh, Olivia Rose Mariah | Western Sydney Institute Blacktown College | Blacktown |
| 11 | Business Studies | Lehane, Nicola | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 12 | Chemistry | Lai, Jacqueline Van | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 13 | Chinese Background Speakers | Gu, Li | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 14 | Chinese Beginners | Nguyen, Khanh Ly (Lily) | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 15 | Chinese Continuers | Zhang, Esther | Saturday School of Comm. Lang. Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 16 | Chinese Extension | Meegan, Lewis Todd | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 17 | Classical Greek Continuers | Lam, Victor | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 18 | Classical Greek Extension | Lam, Victor | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Zinn, Matityahu | Moriah College | Bondi Junction |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Zinn, Matityahu | Moriah College | Bondi Junction |
| 21 | Community and Family Studies | Penning, Anisse Clare | Trinity Catholic College Goulburn | Goulburn |
| 22 | Construction Examination | Scott, Aaron William | St John The Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra |
| 23 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Hagarty, Michael | University of New England | Armidale |
| 24 | Croatian Continuers | Karavdic, Ema | Saturday School of Comm. Lang. Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 25 | Dance | Rankin, Amelia | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |