This report shows the total number of VCE High Achiever awards won by students in each subject across all Victorian schools in 2016.
| 1 | Accounting | 352 |
| 2 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies | 18 |
| 3 | Algorithmics (HESS) | 5 |
| 4 | Ancient History | 20 |
| 5 | Art | 115 |
| 6 | Australian History | 72 |
| 7 | Australian Politics | 13 |
| 8 | Biology | 991 |
| 9 | Business (VCE VET) | 26 |
| 10 | Business Management | 1048 |
| 11 | Chemistry | 780 |
| 12 | Classical Studies | 24 |
| 13 | Community Services (VCE VET) | 17 |
| 14 | Dance | 36 |
| 15 | Dance (VCE VET) | 25 |
| 16 | Drama | 99 |
| 17 | Economics | 195 |
| 18 | Engineering Studies (VCE VET) | 26 |
| 19 | English | 3099 |
| 20 | English as an Additional Language | 249 |
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| 21 | English Language | 213 |
| 22 | Environmental Science | 52 |
| 23 | Equine Industry (VCE VET) | 11 |
| 24 | Extended Investigation | 17 |
| 25 | Food and Technology | 203 |
| 26 | Furnishing (VCE VET) | 7 |
| 27 | Further Mathematics | 2230 |
| 28 | Geography | 172 |
| 29 | Global Politics | 157 |
| 30 | Health and Human Development | 1026 |
| 31 | History: Revolutions | 392 |
| 32 | Hospitality (VCE VET) | 21 |
| 33 | Hospitality: Kitchen Operations (VCE VET) | 31 |
| 34 | Industry and Enterprise | 9 |
| 35 | Informatics | 158 |
| 36 | Information and Communications Technology (VCE VET) | 16 |
| 37 | Integrated Technologies (VCE VET) | 6 |
| 38 | Interactive Digital Media (VCE VET) | 42 |
| 39 | Laboratory Skills (VCE VET) | 7 |
| 40 | Languages: Arabic | 14 |
| 41 | Languages: Auslan | 4 |
| 42 | Languages: Chin Hakha | 3 |
| 43 | Languages: Chinese First Language | 134 |
| 44 | Languages: Chinese Second Language | 62 |
| 45 | Languages: Chinese Second Language Advanced | 34 |
| 46 | Languages: Classical Hebrew | 1 |
| 47 | Languages: Croatian | 2 |
| 48 | Languages: Dutch | 2 |
| 49 | Languages: Filipino | 1 |
| 50 | Languages: French | 139 |
| 51 | Languages: German | 40 |
| 52 | Languages: Greek | 15 |
| 53 | Languages: Hebrew | 1 |
| 54 | Languages: Hindi | 1 |
| 55 | Languages: Hungarian | 1 |
| 56 | Languages: Indonesian Second Language | 42 |
| 57 | Languages: Italian | 63 |
| 58 | Languages: Japanese First Language | 1 |
| 59 | Languages: Japanese Second Language | 83 |
| 60 | Languages: Korean Second Language | 2 |
| 61 | Languages: Latin | 21 |
| 62 | Languages: Macedonian | 4 |
| 63 | Languages: Maltese | 1 |
| 64 | Languages: Persian | 9 |
| 65 | Languages: Polish | 5 |
| 66 | Languages: Portuguese | 2 |
| 67 | Languages: Punjabi | 2 |
| 68 | Languages: Romanian | 6 |
| 69 | Languages: Russian | 3 |
| 70 | Languages: Sinhala | 6 |
| 71 | Languages: Spanish | 6 |
| 72 | Languages: Swedish | 1 |
| 73 | Languages: Tamil | 3 |
| 74 | Languages: Turkish | 13 |
| 75 | Languages: Vietnamese | 32 |
| 76 | Legal Studies | 703 |
| 77 | Literature | 348 |
| 78 | Mathematical Methods (CAS) | 1216 |
| 79 | Media | 329 |
| 80 | Music (VCE VET) | 28 |
| 81 | Music Investigation | 28 |
| 82 | Music Performance | 122 |
| 83 | Music Style and Composition | 10 |
| 84 | Music Technical Production (VCE VET) | 19 |
| 85 | Outdoor and Environmental Studies | 197 |
| 86 | Philosophy | 73 |
| 87 | Physical Education | 787 |
| 88 | Physics | 560 |
| 89 | Product Design and Technology | 174 |
| 90 | Psychology | 1190 |
| 91 | Religion and Society | 85 |
| 92 | Sociology | 76 |
| 93 | Software Development | 110 |
| 94 | Specialist Mathematics | 342 |
| 95 | Sport and Recreation (VCE VET) | 119 |
| 96 | Studio Arts | 372 |
| 97 | Systems Engineering | 59 |
| 98 | Texts and Traditions | 32 |
| 99 | Theatre Studies | 85 |
| 100 | Visual Communication Design | 374 |