This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2010 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 | Nasser, Sheliza | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 2 | Accounting | Misra, Surbhi | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 3 | Agriculture | Li, Andrew Ting Yue | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 4 | Ancient History | Farrell, Samuel Patrick | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | Mohan, Rand Z. | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 6 | Arabic Extension | Mohan, Rand Z. | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | Nazaryan, Emma | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 8 | Biology | Watson, Emma Elizabeth | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | Jamieson, Melinda | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 10 | Business Studies | Bleach, Lily | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
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| 11 | Chemistry | Ling, Jingwei Gene | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 12 | Chinese Background Speakers | Sun, Mengbai | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | Spinks, Damian | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | Ho, Guo Cheng | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | Ho, Guo Cheng | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 16 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wormell, John Peter | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 17 | Classical Greek Extension | Vasak, David | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 18 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Tobias, Katherine | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Tobias, Katherine | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 20 | Community and Family Studies | Charalambous, Carla Jane | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 21 | Construction Examination | Mossman, Jacob Peter | Western Institute Cowra Campus | Cowra |
| 22 | Croatian Continuers | Beric, Ivan | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 23 | Dance | Barakat, Keely Rochelle | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 24 | Design and Technology | Aynsley, Jordan | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 25 | Drama | Godwin, Natasha Mary Alice | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 26 | Dutch Continuers | Quang, Ngoc My (Sophie) | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 27 | Earth and Environmental Science | Venter, Shirley Patricia | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 28 | Economics | Fernando, Hansaka Pasindu | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 29 | Electrotechnology Examination | McClymont, Timothy David | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 30 | Engineering Studies | Uddin, Ishraq | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 31 | English (Advanced) | Sun, Sharon | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 32 | English (Standard) | Akunyare, Mariama | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 33 | English as a Second Language | Marar, Satyajeet Ramdas | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 34 | English Extension 1 | Wu, Bob | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 35 | English Extension 2 | Gottlieb, Madeleine | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 36 | Entertainment Industry Examination | O'Brien, Conor David | Toormina High School | Toormina |
| 37 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Joni | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 38 | Food Technology | Le, Vicki | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 39 | French Beginners | Tate, Louise | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 40 | French Beginners | Wilkie, Oscar | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 41 | French Continuers | Bauman, Nicola | MLC School | Burwood |
| 42 | French Extension | Cook, Victoria | Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange |
| 43 | General Mathematics | Wilcher, Sam | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 44 | Geography | Popovic, Ilaria | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 45 | German Beginners | Lillicrap, Bethan Brenda Missee | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 46 | German Continuers | Pohl, Jessica Nadine | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 47 | German Extension | Rowe, Mark William | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 48 | History Extension | Konstandopoulos, Stephanie | Domremy College | Five Dock |
| 49 | Hospitality Examination | Khoury, Aimee | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 50 | Hungarian Continuers | Zsigoszki, Lilian Viktoria | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |