Earnings per share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 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					Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2016			October 3, 2015		October 1, 2016		October 3, 2015
Net earnings attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	269,878		214,905		696,614		423,743
Accretion of redeemable noncontrolling interest	(53		)	(31	)	(53	)	(191	)
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	269,825		214,874		696,561		423,552
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	74,154			73,915		74,084		73,384
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	459			523		467		523
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	74,613			74,438		74,551		73,907
Earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	3.64		2.91		9.40		5.77
Diluted	$	3.62		2.89		9.34		5.73