Earnings per share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 02, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of earnings per share

A reconciliation of earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc. and weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	April 2, 2016		April 4, 2015
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	171,548	22,346
Accretion of redeemable noncontrolling interest	—		—
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	171,548	22,346
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	73,976		72,988
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	514		542
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	74,490		73,530
Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	2.32	0.31
Diluted	$	2.30	0.30