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 | Saturday School of Comm. Lang. Liverpool Boys High School | Liverpool |
| 5 | Arabic Extension | Atasi, Sundos | Saturday School of Comm. Lang. Liverpool Boys High School | Liverpool |
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| 6 | Armenian Continuers | Dilanchian, Alisha | Saturday School of Comm. Lang. Chatswood High School | 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 | Surry Hills |
| 15 | Chinese and Literature | Zhang, Junni | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 16 | Chinese Beginners | Waugh, Finnegan | NSW School of Languages | Randwick |
| 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 | Saturday School of Comm. Lang. Chatswood High School | 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 | Bondi Junction |
| 24 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Schwarz, Eliezer | Moriah College | Bondi Junction |
| 25 | Community and Family Studies | Doyle, Libby | Moama Anglican Grammar School | Moama |