Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited) Statement - 6 months ended Jun. 30, 2017 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock Class A	Common Stock Class C	Series A Preferred Stock	Series B Preferred Stock	Common Stock Common Stock Class A	Common Stock Common Stock Class C	Preferred Stock Series A Preferred Stock	Preferred Stock Series B Preferred Stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Additional Paid-In Capital Common Stock Class A	(Accumulated Deficit) Retained Earnings	Total Shareholders’ Equity	Total Shareholders’ Equity Common Stock Class A	Noncontrolling Interest
Common shares outstanding at beginning of period (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016		200,835,049	19,155,921			201,092,000	19,156,000
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 2,552,935					$ 20	$ 2	$ 0	$ 0	$ 2,364,049		$ (8,929)	$ 2,355,142		$ 197,793
Preferred shares outstanding at beginning of period (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016				1	104,400			0	104,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Warrants exercised (in shares)						6,236,000
Warrants exercised	0					$ 1				(1)
Restricted stock issued (in shares)						324,000
Restricted stock forfeited (in shares)						(7,000)
Conversion of class b preferred to class a common (in shares)						26,100,000			(104,000)
Conversion of class b preferred to class a common						$ 3				(3)
Sale of unregistered class a common shares (in shares)						23,500,000
Sale of unregistered class a common shares		$ 340,750				$ 2					$ 340,748			$ 340,750
Underwriters discount and offering costs	(7,233)									(7,233)			(7,233)
Equity based compensation	5,595									5,595			5,595
Change in equity due to issuance of shares by Centennial Resource Production, LLC	0									(2,682)			(2,682)		2,682
Net income (loss)	33,905											30,585	30,585		3,320
Common shares outstanding at end of period (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2017		256,670,839	19,155,921			257,245,000
Balance at end of period at Jun. 30, 2017	$ 2,925,952					$ 26	$ 2	$ 0	$ 0	$ 2,700,473		$ 21,656	$ 2,722,157		$ 203,795
Preferred shares outstanding at end of period (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2017				1	0			0	0