Earnings per share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of earnings per share

A reconciliation of earnings from continuing operations attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc. and weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	July 2, 2016		July 4, 2015		July 2, 2016	July 4, 2015
Net earnings attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	255,188	186,492		426,736	208,838
Accretion of redeemable noncontrolling interest	—		(160	)	—	(160	)
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	255,188	186,332		426,736	208,678
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	74,123		73,264		74,049	73,123
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	451		492		477	521
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	74,574		73,756		74,526	73,644
Earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	3.44	2.54		5.76	2.85
Diluted	$	3.42	2.53		5.73	2.83