Below is the list of the best HSC students in 2016 ranked in order of their total number of subjects awarded.
A subject award can be either a Distinguished Achiever award or a Subject Rank award (top place in subject).
Where students have equal numbers of subject awards, those with an All Rounder award are ranked higher. As additional tie-breakers, Subject Rank awards are ranked by their place value and they are also ranked higher than Distinguished Achiever awards. Where all of these measures are equal, entries are listed alphabetically.
Note that these rankings are calculated using only the published results for 2016. A student's awards from any earlier years, if any, are not not included here.
| 1 | Lu, Jiaqi | Tempe High School | Tempe | 5 | Yes | |
| 2 | Laokittichai, Julalak | Tempe High School | Tempe | 4 | ||
| 3 | Watt, Ruby May | Tempe High School | Tempe | 4 | ||
| 4 | Ginis, Theophilos | Tempe High School | Tempe | 3 | ||
| 5 | Hao, Donny | Tempe High School | Tempe | 3 | ||
| 6 | Truong, Deirdre | Tempe High School | Tempe | 3 | ||
| 7 | Chan, Brian | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 8 | Cheng, Jonathan Ka Ho | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
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| 9 | Deacon, Bradley Michael | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 10 | Lu, Anthony Mun Leong | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 11 | Malik, Aziza Salmiyah | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 12 | Mokdad, Bilal | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 13 | Ngo, Anthony | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 14 | Nguyen, Edward | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 15 | Ramanayake, Vihan Amitha | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 16 | Vavayis, Mihail | Tempe High School | Tempe | 2 | ||
| 17 | Bui, Quoc Trung | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 18 | Chau, Justin | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 19 | Dong, Bao Nghi | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 20 | Gu, Rex Yang | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 21 | Huynh, Elton | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 22 | Ji, Bruce | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 23 | Leong, Yuk Lun | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 24 | Li, James Bingran | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 25 | Lin, Casey | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 26 | Liu, Sherry Xian Rui | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 27 | Luu, Steven | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 28 | Macpherson, Lilian Lan | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 29 | Martin, Samuel Francis | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 30 | Martins, Chloe Mary | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 31 | Murley-Sputore, Raidyn Loki | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 32 | Ngo, Debbie Xuan Kim Ngoc | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 33 | Nguyen, Brandon Thieu | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 34 | Parmeter, Nicholas Joseph | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 35 | Quan, Winson Say-Duc | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 36 | Tran, Minh Thuan (Josh) | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 37 | Vardakis, Emmanuel | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 38 | Vu, James Viet Lam | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 39 | Vu, Quynh Anh Annie | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 40 | Win, Donna | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 41 | Yang, Wylie | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 42 | Zhang, Emma | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||
| 43 | Zhu, Sandy | Tempe High School | Tempe | 1 | ||