Earnings per share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

	Three Months Ended
	March 30, 2013		March 31, 2012
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	50,495	40,377
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	69,375		68,862
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options and RSUs to purchase common shares, net	522		279
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	69,897		69,141
Basic earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	0.73	0.59
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	0.72	0.58