Earnings per share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

	Three Months Ended
	March 29, 2014		March 30, 2013
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	81,081	50,495
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	72,742		69,375
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	540		522
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	73,282		69,897
Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	1.11	0.73
Diluted	$	1.11	0.72