Earnings per share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of earnings per share

A reconciliation of net earnings available to common stockholders and weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2017			October 1, 2016		September 30, 2017		October 1, 2016
Net earnings attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.	$	270,025		269,878		731,260		696,614
Accretion of redeemable noncontrolling interest	(46		)	(53	)	(46	)	(53	)
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	269,979		269,825		731,214		696,561
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic	74,338			74,154		74,330		74,084
Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares—options to purchase common shares and RSUs, net	503			459		500		467
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted	74,841			74,613		74,830		74,551
Earnings per share attributable to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Basic	$	3.63		3.64		9.84		9.40
Diluted	$	3.61		3.62		9.77		9.34