This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2018 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 | Bui, Emma | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 2 | Agriculture | Coles, Phoebe | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 3 | Ancient History | McCartney, William | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 4 | Ancient History | Parsons, Rebekah | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 5 | Arabic Beginners | Alameddine, Awatef | Auburn Girls High School | Auburn |
| 6 | Arabic Continuers | Eskandar, Domara | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 7 | Arabic Extension | Eskandar, Domara | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 8 | Armenian Continuers | Melkumyan, Davit | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 9 | Automotive Examination | Kennett, Timothy James | Western Sydney Institute Mount Druitt College | Mount Druitt |
| 10 | Biology | Fox, Eliza | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
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| 11 | Business Services Examination | Jessamine, Victoria | Menai High School | Menai |
| 12 | Business Services Examination | Spiropoulos, Georgia | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 13 | Business Studies | Yang, Yazhou (Tim) | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 14 | Chemistry | Li, Raymond Kai Chun | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 15 | Chinese and Literature | Feng, Runzi | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 16 | Chinese Beginners | Kim, Seohyun | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 17 | Chinese Continuers | Lim, Matthew | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 18 | Chinese Extension | Scotter, Nathan | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 19 | Chinese in Context | Li, Katherine Jiaxin | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 20 | Classical Greek Continuers | Mok, Joshua | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 21 | Classical Greek Extension | Pavlou, Eric | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 22 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Hirschowitz, Rivka | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 23 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Rev, Ariella | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 24 | Community and Family Studies | Agostini, Lauren | Aquinas College | Menai |
| 25 | Community and Family Studies | Brown, Madison | Broughton Anglican College | Menangle Park |
| 26 | Community and Family Studies | Tejcek, Katherine | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 27 | Construction Examination | Brennan, Lucas Taylor | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 28 | Dance | Harrison, Zoe | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 29 | Dance | Neuhaus, Laurence | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 30 | Design and Technology | Malyon, Elliot | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 31 | Drama | Goldman, Genevieve | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 32 | Dutch Continuers | Hoogenhout, Isabella | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 33 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wilson, Bella | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 34 | Economics | Bivell, John | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 35 | Engineering Studies | Gong, William Lifan | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 36 | English (Advanced) | Roodenrys, Grace | Mount Carmel Catholic College | Varroville |
| 37 | English (Standard) | Wake, Ashleigh | St Ursulas College | Kingsgrove |
| 38 | English as a Second Language | Zhou, Anjia | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 39 | English Extension 1 | Rice, Nicholas | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 40 | English Extension 2 | Lin, Rebecca | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 41 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Saric, Zachary Joel | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 42 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Jaena Lorelie | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 43 | Food Technology | Pearce, Emmerson | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 44 | French Beginners | Jones, Toby | Covenant Christian School | Belrose |
| 45 | French Beginners | Melville, Lucy | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 46 | French Continuers | Yao, Alexander Desmond | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 47 | French Extension | Kowalenko, Madeleine | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 48 | Geography | Ruse, Rani Zyal | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 49 | German Beginners | Evans, Davis | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 50 | German Continuers | Yao, Alexander Desmond | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |