This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2014 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 | Pulver, Luke | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 2 | Agriculture | Tan, Reynard Ezekiel | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 3 | Ancient History | Penales, Stephanie | Mount Carmel Catholic High School | Varroville |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | Ibrahim, Shumokh | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | Benhaddou, Mouemina | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
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| 6 | Armenian Continuers | Darbinian, Michelle | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | Deall, Tristan Scott | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 8 | Biology | Goyal, Abhishek | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | Hasbany, Jessica | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 10 | Business Studies | Reidy, Nathan John | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 11 | Chemistry | Fridgant, Joshua Adam | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill |
| 12 | Chinese Background Speakers | Si, Rufei S Sophie | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 13 | Chinese Beginners | Warren, Leon Karbic | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 14 | Chinese Continuers | Pannach, Sian | Australian International School Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong |
| 15 | Chinese Extension | Taranto, Gianluca Michael | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 16 | Classical Greek Continuers | Kynaston, Grant | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 17 | Classical Greek Extension | Kynaston, Grant | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 18 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Schapiro, Raizel | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Schapiro, Raizel | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 20 | Community and Family Studies | Tyler, Rebecca Louise | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 21 | Construction Examination | McMullen, Riley Lawrence | The Riverina Anglican College | Wagga Wagga |
| 22 | Croatian Continuers | Mihaljevic, Mia | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 23 | Dance | Goodfellow, Jessica Elizabeth | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 24 | Dance | Holloway, Mikala Dane | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 25 | Dance | Mulholland, Bridget | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | Lismore |