Birmingham City have had a rough few years in the Championship that saw them plummet from play-off chasers to relegation threatened.

The Blues were relegated from the Premier League and since then, struggled to really make an impact on the promotion chasing spots.

Gary Rowett took the reigns and Birmingham looked like real candidates for the top six, and they were in 8th until his surprise sacking.

Birmingham plummeted down the table and only narrowly avoided relegation that season.

Since then, the club have become a standard Championship team, fluctuating between the mid-table and relegation spots.

This season, however, under Garry Monk, Birmingham have looked a brilliant team that can balance the attack and defence well, and have turned draws into wins quite well.

Here, we crunch the numbers and see who the best three Birmingham players have been this season.

Sometimes the stats may lie, so if you don’t agree, let us know in the comments.

Without a doubt, Lukas Jutkiewicz has been Birmingham’s best performer.

The striker has 9 goals in 17 appearances so far for the Blues, and has been Garry Monk’s go-to man in terms of goals.

Kristian Pedersen has been a surprise star for Birmingham this season and has chipped in with both offensive and defensive work.

The Dane has played 1514 minutes for Monk’s men, and averages 2.8 tackles a game, as well as 5.5 clearances, which is by far better than anyone else in the side.

Jota is the creative aspect in Garry Monk’s team.

He has 5 assists and is the one who drops into midfield to supplement the buildup and supplies the star striker Lukas Jutkiewicz.