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NaCl does, by virtue of the fact that sodium is the smallest of the three ions; sodium, potassium, rubidium. Since it is the smallest, the ions are close together, generating larger attractive forces, and holding the atoms more tightly. Therefore more heat is needed to melt it. Aluminum, on first blush, should have the highest, because of the largest charge (+3). However, aluminum is also significantly less electronegative than the other three, and so there is more covalent character in aluminum chloride than in the other three. In other words, AlCl3 resembles sugar more than it does salt in its resistance to heat. As such, it is the lowest melting of the four.

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