This report counts for each subject the total number of merit results awarded to students in 2016. Where subjects have equal merit counts, entries are listed alphabetically.
| 1 | Accounting | 11 |
| 2 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies | 2 |
| 3 | Australian and International Politics | 1 |
| 4 | Biology | 62 |
| 5 | Business and Enterprise | 23 |
| 6 | Chemistry | 53 |
| 7 | Child Studies | 16 |
| 8 | Chinese (Continuers) | 2 |
| 9 | Classical Studies | 5 |
| 10 | Communication and the Community | 1 |
| 11 | Communication Products I | 8 |
| 12 | Communication Products II | 5 |
| 13 | Composing and Arranging | 1 |
| 14 | Creative Arts | 6 |
| 15 | Cross-Disciplinary Studies | 3 |
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| 16 | Dance | 2 |
| 17 | Drama | 16 |
| 18 | Economics | 8 |
| 19 | English as a Second Language | 5 |
| 20 | English as Second Language Studies | 6 |
| 21 | English Communications | 92 |
| 22 | English Pathways | 2 |
| 23 | English Studies | 34 |
| 24 | Ensemble Performance | 7 |
| 25 | Food and Hospitality | 12 |
| 26 | French (Continuers) | 3 |
| 27 | Geography | 7 |
| 28 | German (Continuers) | 2 |
| 29 | Health | 13 |
| 30 | Information Processing and Publishing | 16 |
| 31 | Information Technology | 1 |
| 32 | Integrated Learning | 8 |
| 33 | Integrated Learning II | 5 |
| 34 | Italian (Continuers) | 2 |
| 35 | Japanese (Beginners) | 1 |
| 36 | Japanese (Continuers) | 2 |
| 37 | Legal Studies | 11 |
| 38 | Material Products I | 11 |
| 39 | Material Products II | 6 |
| 40 | Mathematical Applications | 68 |
| 41 | Mathematical Methods | 22 |
| 42 | Mathematical Studies | 58 |
| 43 | Mathematics Pathways | 1 |
| 44 | Media Studies | 2 |
| 45 | Modern Greek (Continuers) | 1 |
| 46 | Modern History | 24 |
| 47 | Music Individual Study | 1 |
| 48 | Music Technology | 1 |
| 49 | Musicianship | 3 |
| 50 | Nutrition | 10 |
| 51 | Outdoor Education | 5 |
| 52 | Performance Special Study | 8 |
| 53 | Philosophy | 1 |
| 54 | Physical Education | 21 |
| 55 | Physics | 44 |
| 56 | Polish (Continuers) | 1 |
| 57 | Psychology | 45 |
| 58 | Religion Studies | 15 |
| 59 | Research Project A | 1 |
| 60 | Research Project B | 370 |
| 61 | Russian (Continuers) | 1 |
| 62 | Scientific Studies | 5 |
| 63 | Serbian (Continuers) | 1 |
| 64 | Society and Culture | 13 |
| 65 | Solo Performance | 16 |
| 66 | Spanish (Beginners) | 1 |
| 67 | Spanish (Continuers) | 1 |
| 68 | Specialist Mathematics | 24 |
| 69 | Systems and Control Products I | 1 |
| 70 | Systems and Control Products II | 1 |
| 71 | Tourism | 5 |
| 72 | Vietnamese (Background Speakers) | 1 |
| 73 | Vietnamese (Continuers) | 1 |
| 74 | Visual Arts - Art | 20 |
| 75 | Visual Arts - Design | 9 |
| 76 | Women's Studies | 2 |
| 77 | Workplace Practices | 27 |