DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Nov. 01, 2018
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	ProPetro Holding Corp.
Entity Central Index Key	0001680247
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2018
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Ex Transition Period	true
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		83,567,354