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Description of Business - Additional Information (Detail)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2020 ft² Store Segment
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Number of operating stores | Store	431
Area of traditional sporting goods store | ft²	11,000
Number of reportable segment | Segment	1
Big 5 Corp [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Subsidiary interest ownership percentage	100.00%
Big 5 Service Corp [Member] | Big 5 Corp [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Subsidiary interest ownership percentage	100.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8672-108599

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