Business Segments (Assets and Goodwill by Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 01, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Oct. 02, 2021	Jan. 02, 2021
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 3,170.6	$ 2,586.4	$ 2,681.4
Goodwill	526.5	556.6	555.5	$ 442.4
Wolverine Michigan Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	1,071.3	651.9	692.5
Goodwill	141.0	145.1	145.2
Wolverine Boston Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	1,369.3	1,123.6	1,162.4
Goodwill	290.7	296.2	296.4
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	536.7	606.2	599.6
Goodwill	94.8	115.3	113.9
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 193.3	$ 204.7	$ 226.9