Consolidated and Combined Statements of Changes in Owners' and Shareholders' Equity Statement - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Paid-In Capital	Accumulated Deficit	Total Equity	Noncontrolling Interest	Class A	Class A Common Stock	Class A Paid-In Capital	Class A Total Equity	Class B Common Stock	Class C	Class C Common Stock	Series A	Series A Preferred Stock	Series B	Series B Preferred Stock	Series B Paid-In Capital	Series B Total Equity	Conversion of common shares from Class B to Class A at transaction Class A Common Stock	Conversion of common shares from Class B to Class A at transaction Class B Common Stock	Reclassification from Temporary Equity to Permanent Equity [Member] Class A Common Stock	Conversion of common shares from Class C to Class A Paid-In Capital	Conversion of common shares from Class C to Class A Total Equity	Conversion of common shares from Class C to Class A Noncontrolling Interest	Conversion of common shares from Class C to Class A Class A Common Stock	Conversion of common shares from Class C to Class A Class C Common Stock
Balance, beginning of period (Predecessor) at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 390,547			$ 389,859	$ 688
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Deemed contributions | Predecessor	59,926			59,776	150
Repurchase of equity interests | Predecessor	(119,272)			(119,272)	0
Deemed contribution from sale of assets | Predecessor	20,653			21,489	(836)
Deemed contribution from parent for payment of incentive units | Predecessor	12,420			12,420	0
Deemed distribution | Predecessor	(4,130)			(4,130)	0
Net income (loss) | Predecessor	17,788			17,790	(2)
Balance, end of period (Predecessor) at Dec. 31, 2014	377,932			377,932	0
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Deemed contributions | Predecessor	111,396			111,396	0
Deemed distribution | Predecessor	(139)			(139)	0
Net income (loss) | Predecessor	(38,325)			(38,325)	0
Balance, end of period (Predecessor) at Dec. 31, 2015	450,864			450,864	0
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss) | Predecessor	(218,724)			(218,724)	0
Balance, end of period (Predecessor) at Oct. 10, 2016	411,582			411,582	0
Balance, end of period (Successor) at Oct. 10, 2016	5,000	$ 5,460	$ (461)	5,000	0		$ 0					$ 0		$ 0		$ 0
Balance, end of period at Oct. 10, 2016										$ 1
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | Successor							2,175,208			12,500,000		0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | Successor														0		0
Net income (loss) | Successor	(387)		(387)	(387)
Conversion of common shares (in shares) | Successor																			12,500,000	(12,500,000)	47,825,000				844,079	(844,079)
Conversion of common shares | Successor																			$ 1			$ 7,798	$ 7,798	$ (7,798)
Conversion of common shares																				$ (1)
Class A common shares released from possible redemption | Successor	478,248	478,243		478,248			$ 5
Stock issued during period (in shares) | Successor							101,005,000					20,000,000		1
Stock issued during period | Successor		(2)				$ 1,010,050	$ 10	$ 1,010,040	$ 1,010,050			$ 2
Underwriters’ discount and offering expense | Successor	(6,713)	(6,713)		(6,713)
Noncontrolling interest in Centennial Resource Production, LLC | Successor	184,779				184,779
Balance, end of period (Successor) at Oct. 11, 2016	1,670,977	1,494,826	(848)	1,493,996	176,981		16					2		$ 0		$ 0
Balance, end of period at Oct. 11, 2016										$ 0
Balance, beginning of period (Predecessor) at Oct. 10, 2016	411,582			411,582	0
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss) | Successor	(8,985)		(8,081)	(8,081)	904
Balance, end of period (Successor) at Dec. 31, 2016	0
Balance, beginning of period (Successor) at Oct. 10, 2016	5,000	5,460	(461)	5,000	0		$ 0					0		0		$ 0
Balance, beginning of period at Oct. 10, 2016										1
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Restricted stock issued (in shares) | Successor							256,597
Stock issued during period (in shares) | Successor							36,485,970									104,400
Stock issued during period | Successor						$ 530,507	$ 4	$ 530,503	$ 530,507						$ 379,494		$ 379,494	$ 379,494
Underwriters’ discount and offering expense | Successor	(20,391)	(20,391)		(20,391)
Change in equity due to issuance of shares by Centennial Resource Production, LLC | Successor	0	(21,716)		(21,716)	21,716
Equity based compensation | Successor	1,333	1,333		1,333
Balance, end of period (Successor) at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 2,552,935	$ 2,364,049	$ (8,929)	$ 2,355,142	$ 197,793		$ 20					$ 2		$ 0		$ 0
Balance, end of period at Dec. 31, 2016										$ 0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | Successor							164,349,079			0		19,155,921
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | Successor														1		0
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | Successor						201,091,646	201,091,646			0	19,155,921	19,155,921
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | Successor													1	1	104,400	104,400