Earnings per share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 04, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

	Three Months Ended
	April 4, 2015		March 29, 2014
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	22,346	81,081
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	72,988		72,742
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	542		540
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	73,530		73,282
Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	0.31	1.11
Diluted	$	0.30	1.11