Earnings per share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	September 28, 2013		September 29, 2012	September 28, 2013	September 29, 2012
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	119,621	70,304	256,049	183,869
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	72,575		69,010	71,467	68,952
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options and RSUs to purchase common shares, net	512		327	508	295
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	73,087		69,337	71,975	69,247
Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	1.65	1.02	3.59	2.67
Diluted	$	1.64	1.01	3.56	2.66