Business Segments - Business Segment Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2022	Jan. 02, 2021	Dec. 28, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 2,414.9	$ 1,791.1	$ 2,273.7
Operating profit (loss)	155.7	(137.1)	171.0
Depreciation and amortization expense	33.2	32.8	32.7
Capital expenditures	17.6	10.3	34.4
Total assets	2,586.4	2,137.4
Goodwill	556.6	442.4	438.9
Wolverine Michigan Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,298.9	1,051.0	1,299.7
Operating profit (loss)	245.3	179.9	244.8
Depreciation and amortization expense	2.2	2.7	2.4
Capital expenditures	0.8	0.8	2.2
Total assets	651.9	626.9
Goodwill	145.1	145.4
Wolverine Boston Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	935.8	696.0	910.9
Operating profit (loss)	149.3	88.1	153.8
Depreciation and amortization expense	2.6	3.4	3.3
Capital expenditures	0.4	2.3	5.7
Total assets	1,123.6	1,077.8
Goodwill	296.2	297.0
Other Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	180.2	44.1	63.1
Operating profit (loss)	14.3	1.6	2.9
Depreciation and amortization expense	4.8	2.0	2.4
Capital expenditures	6.0	0.9	2.2
Total assets	606.2	31.4
Goodwill	115.3	0.0
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit (loss)	(253.2)	(406.7)	(230.5)
Depreciation and amortization expense	23.6	24.7	24.6
Capital expenditures	10.4	6.3	$ 24.3
Total assets	$ 204.7	$ 401.3