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Name Awards Close in Time to MNPI Disclosures, Individual Name Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Covered Year that are Outstanding and Unvested Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Covered Year that are Outstanding and Unvested [Member] Noncurrent assets: Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract] Environmental Exit Costs by Cost [Table Text Block] Environmental Exit Costs by Cost [Table Text Block] Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] Adjustment to Compensation: Adjustment to Compensation [Axis] Receivables Purchase Agreement Collateral Receivables Purchase Agreement Collateral Receivables Purchase Agreement Collateral Net reclassifications Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax Hedging Designation [Domain] Hedging Designation [Domain] Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated [Flag] Aggregate Erroneous Compensation Amount Aggregate Erroneous Compensation Amount Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract] Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract] Hedging Designation [Axis] Hedging Designation [Axis] Credit Facility [Axis] Credit Facility [Axis] Aggregate Available Trading Arrangement, Securities Aggregate Available Amount Name Measure Name Receivables Purchase Agreement Uncollected Receivables Purchase Agreement Uncollected Receivables Purchase Agreement Uncollected Income Taxes Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] Accounts payable Accounts Payable, Current Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Line Items] Fair Value Hierarchy and NAV [Domain] Fair Value Hierarchy and NAV [Domain] Other [Member] Other Operating Segment [Member] Other Noncash Income (Expense) Other Noncash Income (Expense) Site Contingency, Disbursement Period, Estimate, Accrued Site Contingency, Disbursement Period, Estimate, Accrued Debt Instrument [Line Items] Debt Instrument [Line Items] Pay vs Performance Disclosure Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] Entity Filer Category Entity Filer Category Wholesale Channel [Member] Sales Channel, Through Intermediary [Member] Accounts receivable sold Accounts Receivable Sold The amount of accounts receivable sold at their stated amount. 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Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 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