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Allowance for Loan Losses Allowance for Losses on Lending-Related Commitments and Impaired Loans (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Rate
contracts
Dec. 31, 2013
contracts
Rate
Dec. 31, 2012
Rate
contracts
Sep. 30, 2014
contracts
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]        
Average recorded investment $ 134,967,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment $ 170,658,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment $ 222,100,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment  
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Accrual Method 7,190,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod 8,920,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod 10,800,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod  
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment 82,275,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestment 107,103,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestment    
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts 21us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsNumberOfContracts2 [1],[2],[3] 35us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsNumberOfContracts2 [1],[2],[3] 75us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsNumberOfContracts2 [1],[2],[3]  
Allowance for loan losses related to impaired loans 6,270,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableRelatedAllowance 8,265,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableRelatedAllowance    
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Post-Modification Recorded Investment 11,967,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsPostModificationRecordedInvestment2 [1],[2],[3] 22,680,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsPostModificationRecordedInvestment2 [1],[2],[3] 72,512,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsPostModificationRecordedInvestment2 [1],[2],[3]  
Financing Receivables, Modifications, Weighted Average Extension Term 19 months 18 months 9 months  
Weighted Average Stated Interest Rate Basis Points 1.70%wtfc_WeightedAverageStatedInterestRateBasisPoints 1.84%wtfc_WeightedAverageStatedInterestRateBasisPoints 1.57%wtfc_WeightedAverageStatedInterestRateBasisPoints  
Financing Receivables, Modifications, Weighted Average Interest Only Term 7 months 11 months 5 months  
Loan Forgiveness 0wtfc_LoanForgiveness 1,000,000wtfc_LoanForgiveness 800,000wtfc_LoanForgiveness  
Financing Receivable [Member]        
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]        
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts       145us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsNumberOfContracts2
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableTroubledDebtRestructuringAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember
Allowance for loan losses related to impaired loans 1,600,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableRelatedAllowance
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableTroubledDebtRestructuringAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember
     
Loans and Leases Receivable, Impaired, Interest Income Recognized, Change in Present Value Attributable to Passage of Time $ 724,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableImpairedInterestIncomeRecognizedChangeInPresentValueAttributableToPassageOfTime
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableTroubledDebtRestructuringAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember
$ 901,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableImpairedInterestIncomeRecognizedChangeInPresentValueAttributableToPassageOfTime
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableTroubledDebtRestructuringAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember
   
[1] TDRs may have more than one modification representing a concession. As such, TDRs during the period may be represented in more than one of the categories noted above.
[2] Total TDRs represent all loans restructured in TDRs during the year indicated.
[3] Balances represent the recorded investment in the loan at the time of the restructuring.