This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2016 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 | Dunlop, Darcy | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 2 | Agriculture | Chen, Jessica | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 3 | Ancient History | Hugler, Trent | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | Al-Sulaiman, Mona | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | Jansis, Hicham | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 6 | Armenian Continuers | Labajian, Saro | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | Bower, Jye | St Stanislaus College | Bathurst |
| 8 | Biology | Santana Baskar, Prithvi | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 9 | Business Services Examination | Seib, Casey | St Marks Catholic College | Stanhope Gardens |
| 10 | Business Studies | Dalwood, Emily | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
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| 11 | Business Studies | Ha, Patrick | Champagnat Catholic College | Maroubra |
| 12 | Chemistry | Krishnaswamy, Rohan | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 13 | Chinese Background Speakers | Wang, Weihan | Kogarah High School | Kogarah |
| 14 | Chinese Beginners | Ly, Thanh | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 15 | Chinese Continuers | Cha, Jimin | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 16 | Chinese Extension | Teh, Natalie | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 17 | Classical Greek Continuers | Glanville, Maxwell | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 18 | Classical Greek Extension | Rothery, Mark Henry | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Kastel, Nachman | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Kastel, Nachman | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 21 | Community and Family Studies | Cant, Georgina | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 22 | Construction Examination | Pfundstein, Grant | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 23 | Croatian Continuers | Jugovic, Nikolina | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 24 | Dance | Button, Eryn Louise | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 25 | Dance | Carrall, Sky Ambah | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 26 | Dance | Murray-Wallace, Deirdre | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 27 | Design and Technology | Pagano, Gabrielle | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 28 | Drama | McCrindle, Ella | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 29 | Dutch Continuers | Koolen, Dennis | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 30 | Earth and Environmental Science | Cousins, Kate | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 31 | Economics | Hu, Spencer | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 32 | Electrotechnology Examination | Hackett, Reuben | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 33 | Engineering Studies | Cao, Chester Yixuan | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 34 | English (Advanced) | Tyrrell, Emily Jane | Bede Polding College | South Windsor |
| 35 | English (Standard) | Wang, Zhitan Jack | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 36 | English as a Second Language | Li, Cindy Jiatong | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 37 | English Extension 1 | Jones, Katie | Mount St Patrick College | Murwillumbah |
| 38 | English Extension 2 | Dormor, Thomas | St Clares High School | Taree |
| 39 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Cowie, Olivia Bree | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 40 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Lipsham, Jamie Louise | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 41 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Moliterno, Victoria Louise | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 42 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Weeks, Kimberley | St Peters Catholic College | Tuggerah |
| 43 | Filipino Continuers | Malabag, Angelika Mae | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 44 | Financial Services Examination | Ng, Bianca Julietta | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 45 | Food Technology | Bolinowsky, Ilana | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 46 | French Beginners | O'Shea, Kristina Lee | Nowra High School | Nowra |
| 47 | French Continuers | Dwyer, Dominic | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 48 | French Extension | Cass, Samuel | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 49 | Geography | Orsmond, Andreas | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 50 | German Beginners | Atkins, Olivia | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |