This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2017 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 | Parsons, Elizabeth Jessie | Killara High School | Killara |
| 2 | Agriculture | Zhang, Katelyn | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 3 | Ancient History | Elia, Seraina | Lumen Christi Catholic College | Pambula Beach |
| 4 | Arabic Continuers | Al-Badri, Rand Muthanna Hameed | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | Atasi, Sundos | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
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| 6 | Armenian Continuers | Dilanchian, Alisha | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 7 | Automotive Examination | Newton, Darragh | St Stanislaus College | Bathurst |
| 8 | Biology | Charls, Dawnlicity | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 9 | Biology | Durante, Kara | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
| 10 | Business Services Examination | Leehy, Madeleine Amelia | Elderslie High School | Narellan |
| 11 | Business Services Examination | Pasqua, Jordan | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 12 | Business Services Examination | Tejcek, Katherine | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 13 | Business Studies | Rubbo, Benjamin | Wollemi College | Werrington |
| 14 | Chemistry | Yu, Danny | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 15 | Chinese and Literature | Zhang, Junni | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 16 | Chinese Beginners | Waugh, Finnegan | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 17 | Chinese Continuers | Hoffman, Charlie | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 18 | Chinese Extension | Tam, Sabrina | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 19 | Chinese in Context | Wang, Jingru | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 20 | Chinese in Context | Zhao, Shiyi | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 21 | Classical Greek Continuers | Larkin, Hebe | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 22 | Classical Greek Extension | Larkin, Hebe | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 23 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Smith, Mimi | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 24 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Schwarz, Eliezer | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 25 | Community and Family Studies | Doyle, Libby | Moama Anglican Grammar School | Moama |