Earnings per share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011	September 29, 2012	October 1, 2011
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	70,304	46,646	183,869	130,991
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	69,010		68,759	68,952	68,725
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options and RSUs to purchase common shares, net	327		195	295	221
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	69,337		68,954	69,247	68,946
Basic earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	1.02	0.68	2.67	1.91
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	1.01	0.68	2.66	1.90