This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2020 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 | Conway, Jaida | Alexandria Park Community School | Alexandria |
| 2 | Agriculture | Guo, Junlin | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 3 | Agriculture | Liu, Jason | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 4 | Ancient History | Ball, Genevieve Sylvia | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | Alloush, Domna | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 6 | Arabic Extension | Sayadi, Sara | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | Berzekian, Carlo | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 8 | Automotive Examination | Singh, Arnav | Western Sydney Institute Mount Druitt College | Mount Druitt |
| 9 | Biology | Arvanitis, Olivia | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 10 | Biology | Judge, Sebastian | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
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| 11 | Business Services Examination | Sam, Natasha | Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park |
| 12 | Business Studies | Leslie, Oliver Hamish | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 13 | Chemistry | Ye, Sariena | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 14 | Chinese and Literature | Rong, Penny Peiyi | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 15 | Chinese Beginners | Burrows, Jasmine | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 16 | Chinese Continuers | O'Dea, Matthew Barry | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 17 | Chinese Extension | Leonard, Nicholas William Rattigan | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 18 | Chinese in Context | He, Yuanqiu | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 19 | Classical Greek Continuers | Eichmann, Oscar | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 20 | Classical Greek Extension | Eichmann, Oscar | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 21 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Eisenberg, Yehuda | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 22 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Schapiro, Rivka | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 23 | Community and Family Studies | Ji, Belinda | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 24 | Community and Family Studies | Sanchez, Jessica | Kincumber High School | Kincumber |
| 25 | Construction Examination | O'Mahony, Zara | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 26 | Dance | Davis, Avalon | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 27 | Design and Technology | Davidson, Holly | St Lukes Grammar School | Dee Why |
| 28 | Drama | Kahwajy, Paula | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 29 | Dutch Continuers | den Hollander, Tooske | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 30 | Earth and Environmental Science | Sharp, Sarah | St Columbas Catholic College | Springwood |
| 31 | Earth and Environmental Science | Wentworth-Ping, Anxia | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 32 | Economics | Lim, Julina | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
| 33 | Electrotechnology Examination | Kinkade, Andy | Hunter Institute Newcastle Campus | Tighes Hill |
| 34 | Engineering Studies | Vos, Lachlan | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural |
| 35 | English Advanced | Gibb, Alexandra | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 36 | English EAL/D | Lai, Wing Yan | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 37 | English EAL/D | Tran, Thu Ngoc Hoang | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 38 | English Extension 1 | Li, Akina | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 39 | English Extension 2 | Coombs, Eszter Violet | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 40 | English Standard | Lamack, Rayna | Lambton High School | Lambton |
| 41 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Moynan, Sarah | Thomas Hassall Anglican College | Middleton Grange |
| 42 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Hannah Alyssandra | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 43 | Financial Services Examination | Donald, Tamara | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 44 | Food Technology | van der Laan de Vries, Alexandra | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 45 | French Beginners | Freeman, Zeraphina Artemisia | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 46 | French Continuers | Schlesinger, Anne-Marie | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 47 | French Extension | Wade, Amy | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 48 | Geography | Pek, Serena Catherine | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 49 | German Beginners | Lee, Chae-Weon | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 50 | German Continuers | Deva, Anika | Ascham School | Edgecliff |