These are the top 10 most fouled players in this season's Championship

Players from Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Derby County and Norwich City and all feature.

Birmingham's Clayton Donaldson

After 10 games played, Birmingham City striker Clayton Donaldson is the Championship’s most fouled player in 2016-17, according to Opta.

The rangy front man has been sinned against on 27 occasions so far, despite playing the fewest minutes of anyone in the top 10.

And Donaldson is particularly adept at drawing fouls in the opposition penalty area, having had three spot kicks awarded to him so far – the most in the division.

Next on the list is Aston Villa winger Jack Grealish, who has been illegally halted 26 times, which is the same amount as Barnsley’s Josh Scowen, who rounds off the top three having played 255 more minutes.

Aston Villa's Jack Grealish

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the list is made up predominantly of either attacking or wide midfield players, with Blackburn Rovers’ Craig Conway, Norwich City’s Wes Hoolahan, Brighton & Hove Albion’s Anthony Knockaert, Bristol City’s Lee Tomlin, Derby County’s Will Hughes and Aston Villa’s Jordan Ayew making up all but one of the remaining seven places, which goes to Huddersfield Town forward Elias Kachunga.

Here is the top 10 in full:

	Position	Team	Was Fouled	Appearances	Mins Played
1 Clayton Donaldson	FW	Birmingham City	27	8	619
2 Jack Grealish	MF	Aston Villa	26	8	635
3 Josh Scowen	MF	Barnsley	26	10	890
4 Craig Conway	MF	Blackburn Rovers	23	9	756
5 Wes Hoolahan	MF	Norwich City	22	9	744
6 Anthony Knockaert	MF	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	10	877
7 Lee Tomlin	FW	Bristol City	21	10	826
8 Will Hughes	MF	Derby County	20	10	828
9 Jordan Ayew	FW	Aston Villa	20	10	884
10 Elias Kachunga	FW	Huddersfield Town	20	10	863