This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2012 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 | Graham, Alexandra Rose | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 2 | Accounting | Bishop, George | Sydney Institute Petersham College | Petersham |
| 3 | Agriculture | Tan, Christine | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 4 | Ancient History | Bell, Curtis Andrew | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | El Zein, Yesser | Wiley Park Girls High School | Punchbowl |
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| 6 | Arabic Extension | El Zein, Yesser | Wiley Park Girls High School | Punchbowl |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | Sariyan, Shoushan | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 8 | Automotive Examination | Miller, Matthew Shane | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 9 | Biology | Mason, Timothy Declan | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 10 | Business Services Examination | Gill, Scott William | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 11 | Business Services Examination | Yu, Lik Wong | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 12 | Business Studies | Liu, Nicole | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 13 | Chemistry | Ma, Jason Cheuk Ting | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 14 | Chinese Background Speakers | Wang, Ye (Edison) | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 15 | Chinese Beginners | Leong, Gwen Taine | Tempe High School | Tempe |
| 16 | Chinese Continuers | Kelly, Kevin | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill |
| 17 | Chinese Continuers | White, Eoin Andrew | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill |
| 18 | Chinese Extension | Saw, Mercy | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 19 | Classical Greek Continuers | Chiam, Christopher James | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 20 | Classical Greek Extension | Knapman, Grant Keith | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 21 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Charak, Sarah | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 22 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Charak, Sarah | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 23 | Community and Family Studies | Eltakchi, Sarah-Jane | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta |
| 24 | Construction Examination | Bowen, Zachary | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 25 | Croatian Continuers | Ljilja, Demi | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |