Fees and Expenses - American Century Capital Portfolios Prospectus |
Aug. 01, 2025
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| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for A Class sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 14 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information. |
| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for A Class sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 31.00% |
| EQUITY INCOME FUND | EQUITY INCOME FUND A CLASS | |
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| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | |
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| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 14 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information. |
| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 51% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 51.00% |
| FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND A CLASS | |
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| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| MID CAP VALUE FUND | |
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| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 14 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 50% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 50.00% |
| MID CAP VALUE FUND | MID CAP VALUE FUND A CLASS | |
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| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | |
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| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 13 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 61% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 61.00% |
| SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND A CLASS | |
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| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | |
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| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 14 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 39.00% |
| SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | SMALL CAP VALUE FUND A CLASS | |
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| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| VALUE FUND | |
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| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for A Class sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 13 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information. |
| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for A Class sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods (unless otherwise indicated), that you earn a 5% return each year, and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 44% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 44.00% |
| VALUE FUND | VALUE FUND A CLASS | |
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| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |