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 |
| 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 |