Common Stock (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended					1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 29, 2014	Sep. 10, 2013	Mar. 07, 2012	Feb. 07, 2012	Feb. 02, 2012	May 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Feb. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 02, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends declared									$ 68,713			$ 27,643
Subsidiary ownership percentage										100.00%
Issuance of Class A common stock, shares	7,500,000	9,775,000
Company offering shares		1,275,000
Public Offering, Underwriting Discounts, Commissions, and Direct Offering Costs	600,000	7,400,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	181,300,000	141,700,000								181,875,000	149,069,000	146,510,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt						180,000,000	130,000,000
Proceeds From Public Offering Used to Fund Working Capital	1,300,000	11,700,000
Company's common stock began trading, date					Feb. 01, 2012
Issuance of common stock				12,209,167
Initial public offering closure date			Mar. 07, 2012	Feb. 07, 2012
Initial offering period				30 days
Repay in borrowings then outstanding under its Credit Agreement in full								123,000,000		180,000,000	130,000,000	123,000,000
Share issued to options										10,000
Proceeds from stock options exercised for additional shares										43,000	0	2,660,000
Treasury Stock, Shares										30,967	1,306,177
Forfeitures of non-vested restricted stock awards											105,126
Class A [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, shares issued										73,373,744	66,958,867
Conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock, shares										1,030,700
Class A [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of Class A common stock, shares										7,500,000	9,780,000	12,209,000
Conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock, shares								1,030,700				1,031,000
Share issued to options								295,500		8,000		296,000
Proceeds from stock options exercised for additional shares								2,700,000
Class B [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends declared												27,643
Class B [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock, shares												(1,031,000)
Class B [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Cumulative annual dividends per share rate												$ 0.2667
Matador Resources Company [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, shares issued				11,666,667
Matador Resources Company [Member] | Over-allotments [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Option to purchase additional shares from company			542,500										542,500
Initial Public Offering [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Initial offering price per share					12.00
Issuance of common stock					11,666,667
Initial Public Offering [Member] | Over-allotments [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Initial offering price per share				12.00
Option to purchase additional shares													1,550,000
Net Proceeds				133,600,000
Selling shareholders [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Company offering shares				700,000
Initial offering price per share					12.00
Common stock, shares issued														1,550,000
Additional issuance of common stock				2,000,000
Shareholders offering for sales				1,300,000
Selling shareholders [Member] | Over-allotments [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Option to purchase additional shares from selling shareholders													1,007,500
Stock Based Compensation Two Thousand Twelve Incentive Plan [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term										3 years 11 months 27 days	4 years	4 years 4 months 24 days