Earnings per share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of earnings per share

A reconciliation of earnings 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			Six Months Ended
	July 1, 2017		July 2, 2016	July 1, 2017	July 2, 2016
Net earnings attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	260,681	255,188	461,235	426,736
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	74,327		74,123	74,269	74,049
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	474		451	504	477
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	74,801		74,574	74,773	74,526
Earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	3.51	3.44	6.21	5.76
Diluted	$	3.48	3.42	6.17	5.73