Earnings per share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

	Three Months Ended			Six Months Ended
	June 29, 2013		June 30, 2012	June 29, 2013	June 30, 2012
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	85,933	73,188	136,428	113,565
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	72,406		68,984	70,907	68,923
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options and RSUs to purchase common shares, net	461		275	498	281
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	72,867		69,259	71,405	69,204
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	1.19	1.06	1.92	1.65
Diluted	$	1.18	1.06	1.91	1.64