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12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Feb. 27, 2015
Jun. 14, 2013
Entity Information [Line Items]      
Document Type 10-K    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Jan. 03, 2015    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2014    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Trading Symbol WWW    
Entity Registrant Name WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC /DE/    
Entity Central Index Key 0000110471    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --01-03    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   103,075,593dei_EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding  
Entity Public Float     $ 2,584,414,447dei_EntityPublicFloat