VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Narrative (Details)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		May 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) fund shares	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares	Jun. 28, 2024	Sep. 25, 2020 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 31,157,091,000
Number of common shares (in shares) | shares			49,964,122		51,964,122
Long-term debt			$ 32,207,091,000
Aggregate principal amount	[1]		10,025,948,000		$ 10,298,075,000
Rithm Acquisition Corp | IPO
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Sale of stock, consideration received on transaction			$ 230,000,000
Number of warrants issued per unit			0.333
CLOs
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Unsecured notes, net of issuance costs			$ 731,400,000		735,900,000
Number of consolidated funds | fund			2
Securitization Notes Payable | Consumer Loan Companies
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount							$ 663,000,000
Secured Notes and Bonds Payable: | Sculptor
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Unsecured notes, net of issuance costs			$ 224,000,000.0		$ 224,100,000
Aggregate principal amount			350,000,000
Notes payable retained			127,800,000
Secured Notes and Bonds Payable: | CLOs
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Unsecured notes, net of issuance costs			731,400,000
Notes payable retained			76,300,000
Secured Notes and Bonds Payable: | CLOs | Sculptor
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 814,400,000
2022-RTL1 Securitization | Residential Transitional Lending
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term			120 months
2022-RTL1 Securitization | Securitization Notes Payable
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 1,200,000,000
Long-term debt			914,800,000
Class A Notes | Secured Notes and Bonds Payable: | Sculptor
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Notes payable retained			20,000,000
Class C Notes | Secured Notes and Bonds Payable: | Sculptor
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Notes payable retained			20,000,000
Subordinated Notes | Secured Notes and Bonds Payable: | Sculptor
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Notes payable retained			87,800,000
Related Party
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of interest tranches sold | loan				2
Assets				$ 371,500,000
Liabilities				352,900,000
Deconsolidated recognized loss				$ 900,000
Unsecured notes, net of issuance costs			$ 17,400,000
Advance Purchaser LLC | Corporate Joint Venture
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			89.30%
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Rithm Acquisition Corp | IPO
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Sale of stock, consideration received on transaction			$ 230,000,000
Number of common shares (in shares) | shares			23,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Rithm Acquisition Corp | Common Class A | IPO
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of common shares (in shares) | shares			23,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Consumer Loan Companies
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent						100.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Line of Credit | Revolving Credit Facility
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			$ 52,500,000
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity per quarter			$ 20,000,000
Variable interest rate spread			3.00%
Unused commitment fee			1.15%
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Securitization Facility, 2021-1 | Securitization Notes Payable
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount		$ 750,000,000
Debt instrument, term		3 years
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Related Party
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Unsecured notes, net of issuance costs			$ 2,300,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Related Party | Retained Interest
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Unsecured notes, net of issuance costs			$ 400,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Advance Purchaser LLC | Corporate Joint Venture
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			89.30%
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary | Credit Risk Transfer LLC
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent			70.00%

[1] The Company's consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and certain other consolidated VIEs classified as collateralized financing entities (“CFEs”) that are presented separately and measured under the CFE election. VIE assets can only be used to settle obligations and liabilities of the VIEs. VIE creditors do not have recourse to Rithm Capital Corp. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, total assets of such consolidated VIEs were $6.4 billion and $6.3 billion, respectively, and total liabilities of such consolidated VIEs were $5.0 billion and $5.2 billion, respectively. See Note 20 for further details.