This report shows the first placed student in each HSC subject in 2022 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 | Costanzo, Santina | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 2 | Aboriginal Studies | Rigoni, Alexia | Cammeraygal High School | Crows Nest |
| 3 | Agriculture | Karim, Faiyaaz Marzooq | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 4 | Ancient History | Joseph, Bonnie | St Vincents College | Potts Point |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | Al-Dawod, Ahmad Mohammed | Al-Faisal College | Auburn |
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| 6 | Arabic Extension | Nouseir, Danny | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | Garabet, Varty | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 8 | Automotive Examination | Slattery, Declan | North Coast Institute Coffs Harbour Campus | Coffs Harbour |
| 9 | Biology | Simmons, Zane | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 10 | Business Services Examination | Maikari, Sarah | Beverly Hills Girls High School | Beverly Hills |
| 11 | Business Studies | Chamberlain, Lara Elizabeth | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 12 | Chemistry | Harris, Lachlan | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 13 | Chemistry | Wang, Kevin | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 14 | Chinese and Literature | Lan, Gewa | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 15 | Chinese Beginners | Tan, Irene | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 16 | Chinese Continuers | Chu, Brendan | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 17 | Chinese Extension | Harris, Margot | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 18 | Chinese in Context | Tang, Janissa Hoi Yan | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 19 | Classical Greek Continuers | Henderson, Thomas | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 20 | Classical Greek Extension | Henderson, Thomas | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 21 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Dadon, Shira | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 22 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Sterling, Samuel | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 23 | Community and Family Studies | Fan, Wenny | Concord High School | Concord |
| 24 | Community and Family Studies | Owusu, Joanna | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
| 25 | Community and Family Studies | Payne, Samara Grace | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |