Earnings per share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2014		September 28, 2013	September 27, 2014	September 28, 2013
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	151,266	119,621	385,097	256,049
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	72,864		72,575	72,814	71,467
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	512		512	518	508
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	73,376		73,087	73,332	71,975
Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	2.08	1.65	5.29	3.59
Diluted	$	2.06	1.64	5.25	3.56