Earnings per share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of earnings per share

A reconciliation of earnings 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
	April 1, 2017		April 2, 2016
Net earnings attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	200,554	171,548
Accretion of redeemable noncontrolling interest	—		—
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	200,554	171,548
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	74,212		73,976
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	542		514
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	74,754		74,490
Earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	2.70	2.32
Diluted	$	2.68	2.30